The town of Dupnitza has a population of 37 000 inhabitants. It is located on the main road Sofia-Thessaloniki at a distance of 39 km east of Kyustendil. Dupnitza is a municipal centre with 16 component settlements. The town is situated at the northeastern foot of Rila Mountains in the Dupnitza Valley at an altitude of 510m. The valley is open to the south and east towards the Dzherman River valley.

The economic life of the settlement is connected to the ore-mines in the vicinity of the town. Remains from the Thracian culture, an ancient settlement, a necropolis and a Roman tomb have been discovered in the town of Dupnitza and its vicinities.

The name of Dupnitza appears in the Ottoman registry books for the first time in XV c. Later one can find descriptions of the town in the memoirs of the knights Arnold Fon Harf, Evliya Chelebi and Ami Buye who have visited the town.

Among the tourists sights are: Eski Mosque from the XVI c., the clock tower from 1782, the churches "St. St. Konstantin and Elena" (1902), "Sveta Bogoroditza"/ Holy Virgin/ (1789), "St. Nikolai" (1844) and the remains of a fortress in the "Tower" site. Dupnitza is a starting point for many tourist routes in Rila Mountains.