Haskovo Province

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Haskovo Province

Област Хасково
Location o Haskovo Province in Bulgarie
Location o Haskovo Province in Bulgarie
KintraBulgarie
CaipitalHaskovo
Municipalities11
Govrenment
 • GovrenorRumen Danov
Area
 • Total5,533.3 km2 (2,136.4 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2011)[2]
 • Total246,238
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateX
Websitehs.government.bg

Haskovo Province (Bulgarie: Област Хасково - Oblast Haskovo, umwhile name Haskovo okrug) is a province in soothren Bulgarie, neebourin Greece an Turkey tae the sootheast, comprisin pairts o the Thracian valley alang the river Maritsa. It is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre - the ceety o Haskovo. The province embraces a territory o 5,533.3 km²[1] that is dividit intae 11 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 256,408 indwallers.[2][3][4]

Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]

Municipalities o Haskovo province

The Haskovo province (Област, oblast) conteens 11 municipalities[5] (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun or veelage (touns are shawn in bauld), an the population o each as o December 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][4] Toun/Veelage Pop.[4][6][7][8][9]
Dimitrovgrad Димитровград 56,882 Dimitrovgrad 39,510
Harmanli Харманли 25,711 Harmanli 18,557
Haskovo Хасково 96,499 Haskovo 77,050
Ivaylovgrad Ивайловград 6,761 Ivaylovgrad 3,756
Lyubimets Любимец 10,400 Lyubimets 7,670
Madzharovo Маджарово 1,800 Madzharovo 590
Mineralni bani Минерални бани 6,542 Mineralni bani 1,303
Simeonovgrad Симеоновград 9,371 Simeonovgrad 7,049
Stambolovo Стамболово 6,122 Stambolovo 609
Svilengrad Свиленград 24,142 Svilengrad 18,132
Topolovgrad Тополовград 12,178 Topolovgrad 5,730

Demografie[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Haskovo province haed a population o 277,483 (277,478 an aw gien) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which 48.9% wur male an 51.1% wur female.[10] As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408[3] o which 25.8% are indwallers agit ower 60 years.[11]

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

Haskovo Province
Year 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 235,248 272,100 287,996 330,132 334,584 295,503 277,483 267,204 263,019 256,408 242,030
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[3] „Census 2001“,[4] „Census 2011“,[2] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegion[eedit | eedit soorce]

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[12]

Census 2001
releegious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 227,593 82.03%
Muslims 33,780 12.17%
Roman Catholics 426 0.15%
Protestants 1,846 0.67%
Ither 1,833 0.66%
Releegion no mentioned 12,000 4.32%
tot 277,478 100%

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References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b (in Inglis) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
  2. a b c d „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  3. a b c d (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. a b c d (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
  5. Oblast Haskovo Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, official website
  6. (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  8. (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  9. (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  10. (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  11. (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  12. (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001

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