Ustren
Village in Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ustren (Bulgarian: Устрен) is a village in the municipality of Dzhebel, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria. Its population was 230 as of 2011.[1] Of the inhabitants whose ethnicity was identified, 216 were Turkish; no other ethnicities were identified in the village.[2] The Turkish name for the village is Ustra[3] or Ustura.[4]
The village is situated 11 km to the southwest of Dzhebel in a mountainous area in the eastern Rhodopes and has a school, a chitalishte, and a mosque.[5] Its most famous sight is the medieval fortress of Ustra, located approximately 2.5 kilometers from the village.[6]
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