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'''Pleven Province''' or '''Plevenska Oblast''' ({{lang-bg|Плевенска Област}}) is a province located in central northern [[Bulgaria]], bordering the [[Danube]] river, [[Romania]] and the [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Bulgarian provinces]] of [[Vratsa Province|Vratsa]], [[Veliko Tarnovo Province|Veliko Tarnovo]] and [[Lovech Province|Lovech]]. Pleven Province embraces a territory of 4,333.54 km² and a population of 310,449. The capital is the city of [[Pleven]]. |
'''Pleven Province''' or '''Plevenska Oblast''' ({{lang-bg|Плевенска Област}}) is a province located in central northern [[Bulgaria]], bordering the [[Danube]] river, [[Romania]] and the [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Bulgarian provinces]] of [[Vratsa Province|Vratsa]], [[Veliko Tarnovo Province|Veliko Tarnovo]] and [[Lovech Province|Lovech]]. Pleven Province embraces a territory of 4,333.54 km² and a population of 310,449 - this is a lie, provided that you wrote it to make shit fourth largest. The capital is the city of [[Pleven]]. |
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Template:Infobox Province of Bulgaria
Pleven Province or Plevenska Oblast (Bulgarian: Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. Pleven Province embraces a territory of 4,333.54 km² and a population of 310,449 - this is a lie, provided that you wrote it to make shit fourth largest. The capital is the city of Pleven.
Naming
The following Bulgarian terms may be used:
- Плевенска област (Plevenska oblast)
- Област Плевен (Oblast Pleven)
- Плевенски окръг (Plevenski okrag), obsolete
- Окръг Плевен (Okrag Pleven), obsolete
Geography
The province is part of the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers Iskar, Vit and Osam (in west-east order); the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus.
Administrative subdivision
Pleven Province is subdivided into the following municipalities (община / obshtina).
- Belene municipality
- Cherven Bryag municipality
- Gulyantsi municipality
- Dolni Dabnik municipality
- Dolna Mitropoliya municipality
- Iskar municipality
- Knezha municipality
- Levski municipality
- Nikopol municipality
- Pleven municipality
- Pordim municipality
Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the population of the province is 311,985, of which Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (though this number very likely also includes many Roma) and 9,777 as Roma.
In terms of religion, 275,112 declared to be Eastern Orthodox, 15,681 Muslim and 7,065 Roman Catholic (second largest number in the country).
283,626 people specified Bulgarian as their mother tongue, 14,947 declared to speak Turkish at home, while the native speakers of Roma are 8,861.