Silistra Province
43°55′N 27°10′E / 43.917°N 27.167°E
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Silistra Province (Bulgarian: Област Силистра, transliterated Oblast Silistra, former name Silistra okrug) is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into seven municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659.[1][2][3]
Silistra Province is a traditionally agricultural province, mainly because of its fertile soil. The province is known for its pelicans and apricot brandy.
Besides the administrative centre, other municipalities are Alfatar, Dulovo, Glavinitsa, Kaynardzha, Sitovo, and Tutrakan.
Municipalities
The Silistra Province contains 7 municipalities ([singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[1][2][3] | Town/Village | Pop.[2][4][5] |
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Alfatar | Алфатар | 3,324 | Alfatar | 1,714 |
Glavinitsa | Главиница | 12,610 | Glavinitsa | 1,928 |
Dulovo | Дулово | 28,860 | Dulovo | 6,621 |
Kaynardzha | Кайнарджа | 5,250 | Kaynardzha | 783 |
Silistra | Силистра | 54,885 | Silistra | 37,837 |
Sitovo | Ситово | 5,810 | Sitovo | 847 |
Tutrakan | Тутракан | 16,920 | Tutrakan | 9,476 |
Population
The Silistra province had a population of 142,000 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female.[6] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659[1] of which 25.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[7]
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II: Template:Table BG Province population
Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 119 474[8]
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[9] Identified themselves: 111 590 persons:
- Bulgarians: 64 050 ( 57,40 % )
- Turks: 40 272 ( 36,09 % )
- Gypsies: 5 697 ( 5,11 % )
- Others and indefinable: 1 571 ( 1,41 % )
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[10]
Census 2001 | ||
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religious adherence | population | % |
Orthodox Christians | 83,969 | 59.13% |
Muslims | 54,174 | 38.15% |
Protestants | 303 | 0.21% |
Roman Catholics | 196 | 0.14% |
Other | 553 | 0.39% |
Religion not mentioned | 2,805 | 1.98% |
total | 142,000 | 100% |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ a b c Template:En icon „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ a b „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ Template:Bg icon Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
- ^ Template:Bg icon Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
- ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Template:Bg icon
- ^ Template:Bg icon Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001