Ardino Municipality
Ardino Municipality
Община Ардино | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 41°35′N 25°8′E / 41.583°N 25.133°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province | Kardzhali |
Municipality | Ardino |
Area | |
• Total | 341.45 km2 (131.83 sq mi) |
Population (1-Feb-2011) | |
• Total | 13,326 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www |
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Ardino Municipality is a municipality in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. It includes the town of Ardino and a 51 rural villages. The municipality has 12.424 inhabitants (2016), of which 3799 lives in the town of Ardino and the remainder in one of the villages. [1]
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2011 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30.609 | 29.407 | 33.185 | 29.507 | 27.698 | 18.174 | 13.649 | 11.572 | 12.424 |
The municipality of Ardino has lost more than two thirds of its population in a period of seventy years.
In 2016 there were 85 live births in the municipality of Ardino, down from 132 in 2000. Ardino has a low birth rate of 6,8‰. There were 3 births to teenage mothers (mothers between the ages of 15-19), down from 25 in 2000. [2]The total fertility rate is around 1,534 children per woman. At the same time there were 177 deaths[3], up from 168 deaths in 2000. Ardino has a high death rate of 14,2‰. The natural growth is minus 92 people (-7,4‰).
A majority of the population consists of ethnic Turks (71,2%).[4] Ethnic Bulgarians make up around 26,9% of the population. Nearly all of those Bulgarians are Pomaks.
Out of 7703 people (who responded to the question about their religion in the 2011 Census) about 91%, or 7039 people, declared to be part of the Muslim minority in Bulgaria.[5] Only 2% is member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. This percentage shows that Islam is the main religion among both ethnic Turks and ethnic Bulgarians.
References
- ^ "Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Live births by districts, municipalities and mother's age | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Deaths by districts, municipalities and sex | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Ethnic composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2018-02-07.