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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

Population

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

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Razgrad Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Turks
 
 50.0%
Bulgarians
 
 43.0%
Gypsies
 
 5.0%
others and indefinable
 
 2.0%

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

Total population (2011 census): 125 190[11]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[12] Identified themselves: 114 475 persons:

  • Turks: 57 261 ( 50,02 % )
  • Bulgarians: 49 229 ( 43,00 % )
  • Gypsies: 5 719 ( 5,00 % )
  • Others and indefinable: 2 266 ( 1,98 % )

A further 10 000 persons in Razgrad Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religions in Razgrad Province (2001 census)
Religious group Percentage
Muslim
 
 53.7%
Orthodox Christian
 
 43.0%
Protestant Christian
 
 0.2%
Roman Catholic Christian
 
 0.1%
others and indefinable
 
 3.0%

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[13]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. ^ a b c Template:En icon „WorldCityPopulation“
  3. ^ a b „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  4. ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
  5. ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  8. ^ Template:Bg icon Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  9. ^ Template:En icon Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
  10. ^ Template:Bg iconCensus 2001
  11. ^ Template:Bg icon Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
  12. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Template:Bg icon
  13. ^ Template:Bg icon Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001


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