Tutrakan Municipality
Tutrakan Municipality
Община Тутракан | |
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Municipality | |
| Tutrakan Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province. Tutrakan Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province. | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Silistra |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Tutrakan |
| Area | |
• Total | 448.35 km2 (173.11 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[2] | |
• Total | 16,920 |
| • Density | 37.74/km2 (97.74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tutrakan Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Тутракан) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tutrakan.
The municipality embraces a territory of 448.35[1] km² with a population of 16,920 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]
The main road 21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.
Settlements
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Tutrakan Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Tutrakan | Тутракан | 9,476 |
| Antimovo | Антимово | 60 |
| Belitsa | Белица | 612 |
| Brenitsa | Бреница | 234 |
| Dunavets | Дунавец | 20 |
| Nova Cherna | Нова Черна | 1,763 |
| Pozharevo | Пожарево | 129 |
| Preslavtsi | Преславци | 574 |
| Staro Selo | Старо село | 997 |
| Shumentsi | Шуменци | 548 |
| Syanovo | Сяново | 112 |
| Tarnovtsi | Търновци | 447 |
| Tsar Samuil | Цар Самуил | 1,486 |
| Tsarev Dol | Царев дол | 81 |
| Varnentsi | Варненци | 381 |
| Total | 16,920 |
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 | 24,698 | 23,439 | 21,774 | 19,309 | 17,922 | 17,419 | 16,920 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8] | ||||||||
Ethnic groups
[edit | edit source]Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the largest ethnic group in Tutrakan Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people.
Religion
[edit | edit source]According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province
- ^ 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
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in Bulgarian)
