Provadia Municipality
Provadia Municipality
Община Провадия | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Provadia Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
Coordinates: 43°10′N 27°24′E / 43.167°N 27.400°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Provadia |
Area | |
• Total | 576.6 km2 (222.6 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 23,045 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Provadia Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Провадия) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Provadia.
The municipality embraces a territory of 576.6 km2 (222.6 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 23,045 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements
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Provadia Municipality includes the following 25 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Provadia | Провадия | 12,901 |
Blaskovo | Блъсково | 1,354 |
Bozveliysko | Бозвелийско | 1,296 |
Barzitsa | Бързица | 270 |
Chayka | Чайка | 94 |
Cherkovna | Черковна | 240 |
Chernook | Черноок | 247 |
Dobrina | Добрина | 256 |
Gradinarovo | Градинарово | 801 |
Hrabrovo | Храброво | 439 |
Kiten | Китен | 52 |
Komarevo | Комарево | 463 |
Krivnya | Кривня | 400 |
Manastir | Манастир | 563 |
Nenovo | Неново | 69 |
Ovchaga | Овчага | 184 |
Petrov Dol | Петров дол | 344 |
Ravna | Равна | 179 |
Slaveykovo | Славейково | 476 |
Snezhina | Снежина | 570 |
Staroselets | Староселец | 62 |
Tutrakantsi | Тутраканци | 249 |
Venchan | Венчан | 338 |
Tziganitza | Циганица | 950 |
Zlatina | Златина | 248 |
Total | 23,045 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 31,461 | 28,893 | 28,414 | 25,718 | 24,573 | 23,747 | 23,045 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
Religion
[edit]According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
A majority of the population of Provadia Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 61.6% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
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- Official website (in Bulgarian)