Provadia Municipality
Provadia Municipality
Община Провадия | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°10′N 27°24′E / 43.167°N 27.400°ECoordinates: 43°10′N 27°24′E / 43.167°N 27.400°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Varna |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Provadia |
Area | |
• Total | 576.6 km2 (222.6 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 23,045 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Provadia Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Провадия) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Provadia.
The municipality embraces a territory of 576.6 km² with a population, as of December 2009, of 23,045 inhabitants.[1]
Settlements[]
Provadia Municipality includes the following 25 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Provadia | Провадия | 12,901 |
Блъсково | 1,354 | |
Бозвелийско | 1,296 | |
Бързица | 270 | |
Чайка | 94 | |
Черковна | 240 | |
Черноок | 247 | |
Добрина | 256 | |
Градинарово | 801 | |
Храброво | 439 | |
Китен | 52 | |
Комарево | 463 | |
Кривня | 400 | |
Манастир | 563 | |
Неново | 69 | |
Овчага | 184 | |
Петров дол | 344 | |
Равна | 179 | |
Славейково | 476 | |
Snezhina | Снежина | 570 |
Староселец | 62 | |
Тутраканци | 249 | |
Venchan | Венчан | 338 |
Житница | 88 | |
Златина | 248 | |
Total | 23,045 |
Demography[]
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Provadia Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 31,461 | 28,893 | 28,414 | 25,718 | 24,573 | 23,747 | 23,045 | ... |
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 Provadia Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 61.6% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
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
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (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
- ^ „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[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Provadia Municipality. |
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Municipalities in Varna Province