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Haskovo Province

Coordinates: 41°50′N 25°55′E / 41.833°N 25.917°E / 41.833; 25.917
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41°50′N 25°55′E / 41.833°N 25.917°E / 41.833; 25.917 Template:Infobox Bulgarian province

Haskovo

(Template:Lang-bg - Oblast Haskovo, former name Haskovo okrug) is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Haskovo. The province embraces a territory of 5,533.3 km²[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 256,408 inhabitants.[2][3][4]

Municipalities

Municipalities of Haskovo province

The Haskovo province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities[5] (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][4] Town/Village Pop.[4][6][7][8][9]
Dimitrovgrad Димитровград 56,882 Dimitrovgrad 39,510
Harmanli Харманли 25,711 Harmanli 18,557
Haskovo Хасково 96,499 Haskovo 77,050
Ivaylovgrad Ивайловград 6,761 Ivaylovgrad 3,756
Lyubimets Любимец 10,400 Lyubimets 7,670
Madzharovo Маджарово 1,800 Madzharovo 590
Mineralni bani Минерални бани 6,542 Mineralni bani 1,303
Simeonovgrad Симеоновград 9,371 Simeonovgrad 7,049
Stambolovo Стамболово 6,122 Stambolovo 609
Svilengrad Свиленград 24,142 Svilengrad 18,132
Topolovgrad Тополовград 12,178 Topolovgrad 5,730

Population

The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.[10] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408[3] of which 25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[11]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II: Template:Table BG Province population

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Haskovo Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
79.4%
Turks
12.5%
Gypsies
7.0%
others and indefinable
1.1%

Total population (2011 census): 246 238[12]
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[13] Identified themselves: 227 382 persons:

  • Bulgarians: 180 541 (79,40%)
  • Turks: 28 444 (12,50%)
  • Gypsies: 15 889 (6,99%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2 508 (1,10%)

A further 20,000 persons in Haskovo Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[14]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 227,593 82.03%
Muslims 33,780 12.17%
Protestants 1,846 0.67%
Roman Catholics 426 0.15%
Other 1,833 0.66%
Religion not mentioned 12,000 4.32%
total 277,478 100%

See also

References