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26-479: Dupnitsa Municipality is a municipality in Kyustendil Province , Bulgaria . The administrative centre is Dupnitsa . According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: Kyustendil Province Kyustendil Province ( Bulgarian : Област Кюстендил , trl Oblast Kyustendil )

52-567: A Geographic Names Information System that defines three classes of human settlement: Populated places may be specifically defined in the context of censuses and be different from general-purpose administrative entities, such as "place" as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau or census-designated places . In the field of geospatial predictive modeling , a settlement is "a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". The Global Human Settlement Layer ( GHSL ) framework produces global spatial information about

78-415: A settlement , locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place . The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas . Settlements include hamlets , villages , towns and cities . A settlement may have known historical properties such as the date or era in which it

104-512: A National Register of Populated places (NRPP). The Canadian government uses the term "populated place" in the Atlas of Canada , but does not define it. Statistics Canada uses the term localities for historically named locations. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics records population in units called settlements ( naselja ) . The Census Commission of India has a special definition of census towns . The Central Statistics Office (CSO) of

130-743: A populated place as "a named settlement with a population of 200 or more persons". The Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia used the term localities for rural areas, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics uses the term "urban centres/localities" for urban areas. The Agency for Statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina uses the term "populated place" / "settled place" for rural (or urban as an administrative center of some Municipality/City), and "Municipality" and "City" for urban areas. The Bulgarian Government publishes

156-432: A special type of cultural-historical landscape studies. Settlements can be ordered by size, centrality or other factors to define a settlement hierarchy . A settlement hierarchy can be used for classifying settlement all over the world, although a settlement called a "town" in one country might be a "village" in other countries; or a "large town" in some countries might be a "city" in others. Geoscience Australia defines

182-466: Is a province in southwestern Bulgaria , extending over an area of 3,084.3 km (1,190.9 sq mi) (constituting 2.7% of the total territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and with a population of 107,673. It borders the provinces of Sofia , Pernik , and Blagoevgrad ; to the west, its limits coincide with the state borders between Bulgaria and North Macedonia , and between Bulgaria and

208-618: Is a related designation used in the United States. The earliest geographical evidence of a human settlement was Jebel Irhoud , where early modern human remains of eight individuals date back to the Middle Paleolithic around 300,000 years ago. The oldest remains that have been found of constructed dwellings are remains of huts that were made of mud and branches around 17,000 BC at the Ohalo site (now underwater) near

234-499: Is like an untapped national park. Wander through green lanes past medieval houses and barns and discover stunning landscapes. Plenty of fishing, walking, trekking, 4*4 country, hunting, with clear air and a fantastic climate. The Kyustendil province (област, oblast ) contains nine municipalities (singular: община, obshtina , plural: общини, obshtini ). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic ,

260-517: Is most famous for its numerous mineral water springs : hot mineral water springs in Kyustendil , Sapareva banya , the villages of Nevestino and Chetirtsi. A marvel of nature, found in the region are the Stobski piramidi ( Stob pyramids ). For the most part, the climate is transcontinental, but at higher altitudes it is mountainous . The main drainage river is Struma whose subsidiaries are

286-473: Is mostly deciduous, although coniferous forests are present. The Gabra natural reservation (area: 89,5 metric hektares) houses the last remaining black-pine trees. The region of Kyustendil includes nine municipalities with 182 settlements . The regional administrative center is the town of Kyustendil situated in its southwestern part: the Kyustendil lowerland. The town serves as the administrative center of

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312-552: Is processed fully automatically and generates analytics and knowledge reporting objectively and systematically about the presence of population and built-up infrastructures. The GHSL operates in an open and free data and methods access policy (open input, open method, open output). The term "Abandoned populated places" is a Feature Designation Name in databases sourced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and GeoNames . Sometimes

338-638: The Republic of Ireland has had a special definition of census towns . From the 2022 census of Ireland , the CSO introduced an urban geography unit called " Built Up Areas " (BUAs). The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics records population in units of settlements called Tehsil – an administrative unit derived from the Mughal era. There are various types of inhabited localities in Russia . Statistics Sweden uses

364-461: The Republic of Serbia . The administrative center of the Province is Kyustendil . The region features diverse surface relief—fertile valleys and canyons , separated by hillocks and mountains. The northern and western parts of the territory form the so-called " Kyustendilsko kraishte " (Kyustendil Cornerland) and include parts of the cross-border Milevska, Chudinska, Zemenska and—to

390-574: The Treklyanska, Dragovishtitsa , Bistritsa , Slokoshtitsa, Novoselska, Dzherman and Rila rivers. Subterranean water levels are relatively high. Near the village of Kamenichka Skakavitsa, the Golemi dol river forms a 70-meter-high waterfall. The Dyakovo, Bersin, Drenov dol and Bagrentsi artificial lakes (dams) are chiefly used for irrigation purposes. Soil composition is most favorable for the traditionally developed fruit-growing. Forest vegetation

416-771: The east—Konyavska mountains. To the south, the Kyustendilsko kraishte reaches as far as the valleys of the Dragovishtitsa and Bistritsa rivers , as well as the Lisets mountain. The southern part of the region includes massifs of the Osogovo , Vlahina and northwestern Rila mountains, embracing the Kamenitsa, Kyustendil and Dupnitsa lowerlands. The region is divided in two under-districts: Kyustendil in west and Dupnitsa in east. In Dupnitsa region there are

442-577: The edge of the Sea of Galilee . The Natufians built houses, also in the Levant , around 10,000 BC. Remains of settlements such as villages become much more common after the invention of agriculture, The oldest of them is Jarmo , located in Iraq. Landscape history studies the form (morphology) of settlements – for example whether they are dispersed or nucleated . Urban morphology can thus be considered

468-559: The geographic areas of Gorno pole (Upper field), Dolno pole (Lower field), and the area Razmetanitsa where the Emperor Samuil of Bulgaria killed his brother Aron and his family. The region abounds with granites , clays , fossils , and ores . Polymetal ores are excavated in Osogovo ; brown coals in the Bobov dol mines . Clays deposits are located at the villages of Chetirtsi, Yahinovo and Dragovishtitsa . The region, however,

494-400: The human presence on the planet over time. This in the form of built up maps, population density maps and settlement maps. This information is generated with evidence-based analytics and knowledge using new spatial data mining technologies. The framework uses heterogeneous data including global archives of fine-scale satellite imagery, census data, and volunteered geographic information. The data

520-486: The main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011. Kyustendil province had a population of 135,664 according to the 2011 census , of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female . Total population (2011 census): 136 686 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Of 130,615 persons: Ethnic groups in the province according to 2001 census: Most of the Gypsies live within the city limits of Kyustendil ,

546-601: The municipality of Kyustendil (with an area of 923 km (356 sq mi), this municipality represents 30,2% of the total territory of the Region), with a population of 73 346, of whom 51 300 are residents of the town area. Four main transport routes pass through Kyustendil : from North Macedonia on the Skopie - Sofia high-way; from Serbia on the Niš - Bosilegrad - Kyustendil highway; through Dupnitsa and Kyustendil passes

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572-463: The oldest commercial road that for centuries has linked Constantinople and the Adriatic Sea . Kyustendil has managed to preserve is historical, ecological and cultural heritage. It is a contemporary Bulgarian administrative center, whose future is mostly seen in the development of cultural tourism, and modern rehabilitation resort centers by the hot mineral water springs. The surrounding region

598-430: The provincial center of Bulgaria with largest concentration of Gypsies, where they are 5,179, constituting 12.2% of the population. Most of the rest are to be found in the second largest city of Dupnitsa , where they are 2,333. Mother tongues in the province according to 2001 census: Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: Human settlement In geography , statistics and archaeology ,

624-408: The structures are still easily accessible, such as in a ghost town , and these may become tourist attractions. Some places that have the appearance of a ghost town, however, may still be defined as populated places by government entities. A town may become a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, because of a government action, such as the building of a dam that floods

650-598: The term localities ( tätort ) for various densely populated places. The common English-language translation is urban areas . The UK Department for Communities and Local Government uses the term "urban settlement" to denote an urban area when analysing census information. The Registrar General for Scotland defines settlements as groups of one or more contiguous localities, which are determined according to population density and postcode areas. The Scottish settlements are used as one of several factors defining urban areas. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has

676-542: Was first settled, or first settled by particular people. The process of settlement involves human migration . In the field of geospatial predictive modeling , settlements are "a city, town, village or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". A settlement conventionally includes its constructed facilities such as roads , enclosures , field systems , boundary banks and ditches , ponds , parks and woodlands , wind and water mills , manor houses , moats and churches . An unincorporated area

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