Kyustendil Province
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Kyustendil Province Област Кюстендил |
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| Province | |
 Location of Kyustendil Province in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Kyustendil |
| Municipalities | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Lyubomir Anchev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,084 km2 (1,191 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 136,686 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | KH |
| Website | kn.government.bg |
Coordinates: 42°15′N 23°0′E / 42.250°N 23.000°E
Kyustendil Province (Bulgarian: Област Кюстендил, trl Oblast Kyustendil) is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of 3084.3 km² (constituting 2.7% of the total territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and with a population of 163,889. It borders on the provinces of Sofia, Pernik, and Blagoevgrad; to the west, its limits coincide with the state borders between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia, and between Bulgaria and 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 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.
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