Kaynardzha Municipality
Kaynardzha Municipality
Община Кайнарджа | |
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Municipality | |
| Kaynardzha Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province. Kaynardzha Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province. | |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Silistra |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Kaynardzha |
| Area | |
• Total | 314.96 km2 (121.61 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,099 |
| • Density | 16.19/km2 (41.93/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kaynardzha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кайнарджа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, bounded on the north with Romania. The Danube river is about 25 km away to the north through the Romanian territory. The area is named after its administrative centre – the village of Kaynardzha.
The municipality embraces a territory of 314.96[1] km2 with a population of 5,250 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]
The main road II-71 crosses the area from northwest to southeast, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Dobrich.
Settlements
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Kaynardzha Municipality includes the following 15 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5] (December 2009) |
Population[6] (December 2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaynardzha | Кайнарджа | 783 | Decrease 610 |
| Davidovo | Давидово | 177 | Increase 200 |
| Dobrudzhanka | Добруджанка | 136 | Decrease 112 |
| Golesh | Голеш | 1,370 | Increase 1,533 |
| Gospodinovo | Господиново | 40 | n/a |
| Kamentsi | Каменци | 47 | n/a |
| Kranovo | Краново | 173 | Decrease 89 |
| Polkovnik Cholakovo | Полковник Чолаково | 217 | Increase 245 |
| Poprusanovo | Попрусаново | 41 | n/a |
| Posev | Посев | 153 | Increase 166 |
| Svetoslav | Светослав | 133 | Decrease 96 |
| Sredishte | Средище | 1,318 | Increase 1,363 |
| Strelkovo | Стрелково | 32 | n/a |
| Voynovo | Войново | 180 | Decrease 127 |
| Zarnik | Зарник | 450 | Increase 496 |
| Total | 5,250 | Decrease 5,115 |
Demography
[edit | edit source]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 8,487 | 6,467 | 6,128 | 5,467 | 5,409 | 5,367 | 5,250 | 5,070 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9] | ||||||||
Demographic indicators
[edit | edit source]As of 2016, it is one of the few places in Bulgaria with a natural population growth: there were a total of 87 live births, while 66 people died.[10] The crude birth rate is 17.0‰, while the crude death rate is around 12.9‰. The municipality of Kaynardzha has a total fertility rate of 2.57 children per woman, which is much higher than the average for the country (1.54 children per woman).
| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,157 | 84 | 99 | −15 | 13.6 | 16.1 | −2.4 |
| 2001 | 5,485 | 89 | 103 | −14 | 16.2 | 18.8 | −2.6 |
| 2002 | 5,427 | 70 | 98 | −28 | 12.9 | 18.1 | −5.2 |
| 2003 | 5,419 | 85 | 102 | −17 | 15.7 | 18.8 | −3.1 |
| 2004 | 5,391 | 99 | 92 | +7 | 18.4 | 17.1 | +1.3 |
| 2005 | 5,409 | 79 | 83 | −4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | −0.7 |
| 2006 | 5,401 | 91 | 85 | +6 | 16.8 | 15.7 | +1.1 |
| 2007 | 5,367 | 78 | 71 | +7 | 14.5 | 13.2 | +1.3 |
| 2008 | 5,300 | 87 | 72 | +15 | 16.4 | 13.6 | +2.8 |
| 2009 | 5,250 | 89 | 73 | +16 | 17.0 | 13.9 | +3.0 |
| 2010 | 5,175 | 92 | 80 | +12 | 17.8 | 15.5 | +2.3 |
| 2011 | 5,059 | 81 | 93 | −12 | 16.0 | 18.4 | −2.4 |
| 2012 | 5,081 | 80 | 73 | +7 | 15.7 | 14.4 | +1.4 |
| 2013 | 5,102 | 95 | 68 | +27 | 18.6 | 13.3 | +5.3 |
| 2014 | 5,096 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 15.5 | 10.6 | +4.9 |
| 2015 | 5,107 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 13.9 | 11.9 | +2.0 |
| 2016 | 5,115 | 87 | 66 | +21 | 17.0 | 12.9 | +4.1 |
| 2017 | 5,099 | 80 | 85 | −5 | 15.7 | 16.7 | −1.0 |
| 2018 | 5,076 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 12.0 | 12.4 | -0.4 |
Ethnic groups
[edit | edit source]Turks form the majority of the population of Kaynardzha Municipality. Bulgarians constitutie the largest minority, followed by a large Roma population.
Religion
[edit | edit source]In 2011, about 67.8% of the total population declared to be Muslim. The municipality of Kaynardzha has the highest share of Shia people in Bulgaria: around 52% of the population declared to be Shia in the census of 2001.[11] About 27% of the population belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Age structure
[edit | edit source]The municipality of Kaynardzha has a very young population compared to other places in Bulgaria.
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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
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- ^ National Statistical Institute – Census 2001
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Info website (in Bulgarian)
