The town of Novi Iskar has a population of about 13 000 inhabitants and is a municipal administrative centre. The town lies at a distance of 15 km north of Sofia.

In the region of Novi Iskar there is a settlement from the Neolith, prehistoric settlements and settlement mounds from the Neolith, the Bronze and the Roman Ages. The present day town is formed after the union of the villages of Aleksander Voykov, Gnilyane and Kurilo in 1974.

Tourist sights are: the church "Sveta Troitza"/ Holy Trinity/ (XI-XII c.) and the Kurilo Monastery.

Tourist sights

The Kurilo Monastery in the Kurilo quarter of Novi Iskar lies at a distance of 15 km north-east of Sofia at the foot of the Stara Planina Mountains at the beginning of the Iskar Gorge. The monastery has been destroyed by the Turks and later on restored in XVI c. In the church of the monastery there are murals of high artistic value.