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Razgrad Province

Coordinates: 43°30′N 26°35′E / 43.500°N 26.583°E / 43.500; 26.583
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43°30′N 26°35′E / 43.500°N 26.583°E / 43.500; 26.583 Template:Infobox Bulgarian province

Razgrad Province (Template:Lang-bg (Oblast Razgrad), former name Razgrad okrug) is a province in Northeastern Bulgaria, geographically part of the Ludogorie region. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the town of Razgrad. As of December 2009, the Province has a total population of 132,740 inhabitants[1][2][3] on a territory of 2,639.7 km²[4] that is divided into 7 municipalities.

Municipalities

The Razgrad province (oбласт, oblast) contains seven municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, 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 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[1][2][3] Town/Village Pop.[5][2][6][7]
Isperih Исперих 22,916 Isperih 9,017
Kubrat Кубрат 20,198 Kubrat 8,118
Loznitsa Лозница 9,732 Loznitsa 2,409
Razgrad Разград 54,720 Razgrad 34,592
Samuil Самуил 7,522 Samuil 1,543
Tsar Kaloyan Цар Калоян 6,314 Tsar Kaloyan 3,856
Zavet Завет 11,338 Zavet 3,371

Demography

The Razgrad province had a population of 152,417 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female.[8] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 132,740[1] of which 23.1% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[9]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II. Since 1992 the former municipality of Senovo has been detached from the Razgrad Province and the numbers in the table reflect this separation: Template:Table BG Province population

The population of Razgrad Province is ethnically mixed, with no ethnic group constituting an absolute majority. As of the 2001 census, the main ethnic group are the Bulgarians (67,069) and the Turks (71,963), also Roma (8,733).[10]

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[11]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 65,480 42.96%
Muslims 81,835 53.69%
Roman Catholics 207 0.14%
Protestants 228 0.15%
Other 566 0.37%
Religion not mentioned 4,101 2.69%
total 152,417 100%

See also

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