Alfatar: facts

At a glance

• Country: Bulgaria
• Region: Silistra
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 1,916
• Coordinates: 43.9469° N, 27.2859° E
• Time zone: Europe/Sofia (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Lev (BGN)
• Distance to the capital, Sofia: 349 km (217 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Varna Airport (VAR): 91 km (56 mi), straight line
• Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND, Romania): 106 km (66 mi), straight line
• Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU, Romania): 113 km (70 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yastrebna: 18 km (11 mi)
• Kaynardzha: 18 km (11 mi)
• Silistra: 19 km (12 mi)
• Zlatoklas: 19 km (12 mi)
• Ostrov, Romania: 20 km (12 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Varna, 95 km (59 mi)