Dalgopol Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Дългопол) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dalgopol.
Dalgopol Municipality
Община Дългопол | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Dalgopol Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°0′N 27°20′E / 43.000°N 27.333°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Dalgopol |
| Area | |
• Total | 442 km2 (171 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 14,364 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 442 km2 (171 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,364 inhabitants.[1] The area contains the Tsonevo Reservoir - the third biggest in the country, developed along the Luda Kamchiya river which is the main tributary of Kamchiya river that crosses the municipality from west to east.
Settlements
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Dalgopol Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Dalgopol | Дългопол | 4,829 |
| Arkovna | Арковна | 98 |
| Asparuhovo | Аспарухово | 652 |
| Boryana | Боряна | 283 |
| Kamen Dyal | Камен дял | 217 |
| Komunari | Комунари | 103 |
| Krasimir | Красимир | 85 |
| Lopushna | Лопушна | 909 |
| Medovets | Медовец | 1,689 |
| Partizani | Партизани | 1,113 |
| Polyatsite | Поляците | 833 |
| Royak | Рояк | 259 |
| Sava | Сава | 272 |
| Sladka Voda | Сладка вода | 49 |
| Tsonevo | Цонево | 2,403 |
| Velichkovo | Величково | 557 |
| Total | 14,364 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Dalgopol Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 18,797 | 18,232 | 16,514 | 15,902 | 15,002 | 14,700 | 14,364 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
editAccording to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
The municipality of Dalgopol has a mixed religious composition. At the 2011 census, 49.5% of respondents identified as Muslims and 41.7% as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ „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
edit- Official website (in English)