Dolni Chiflik Municipality
Dolni Chiflik Municipality
Община Долни чифлик | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Dolni Chiflik Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
Coordinates: 42°58′N 27°41′E / 42.967°N 27.683°ECoordinates: 42°58′N 27°41′E / 42.967°N 27.683°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Dolni Chiflik |
Area | |
• Total | 487 km2 (188 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 19,316 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dolni Chiflik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Долни чифлик) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dolni Chiflik.
The municipality spreads from Dalgopol Municipality in the west to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the east. To the north the area is mostly defined by the Kamchiya river and its estuary. It embraces a territory of 487 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 19,316 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements[]
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Dolni Chiflik Municipality includes the following 17 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Dolni Chiflik | Долни чифлик | 6,706 |
Булаир | 158 | |
Бърдарево | 87 | |
Детелина | 664 | |
Голица | 596 | |
Горен чифлик | 1,450 | |
Гроздьово | 2,389 | |
Кривини | 110 | |
Нова Шипка | 291 | |
Ново Оряхово | 206 | |
Пчелник | 1,614 | |
Рудник | 494 | |
Солник | 249 | |
Старо Оряхово | 2,713 | |
Shkorpilovtsi | Шкорпиловци | 704 |
Венелин | 818 | |
Юнец | 67 | |
Total | 19,316 |
Demography[]
The population of Dolni Chiflik Municipality is 20,217, of which 12,857 Bulgarians, 5,390 Turks and 717 Roma.
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Dolni Chiflik Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 20,535 | 20,817 | 20,944 | 20,217 | 19,534 | 19,354 | 19,316 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
Religion[]
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 Dolni Chiflik Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 66.8% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the second largest religious group with 15.1% of the population.
See also[]
- Provinces of Bulgaria
- Municipalities of Bulgaria
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References[]
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (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[permanent dead link]
- ^ „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[]
- Official website (in English)
- Municipalities in Varna Province