Kyustendil Province

Kyustendil Province Област Кюстендил
—  Province  —
Location o Kyustendil Province in Bulgarie
Kintra	Bulgarie
Caipital	Kyustendil
Municipalities	9
Govrenment
- Gorernor	Lyubomir Anchev
Aurie
- Tot	3,084 km2 (1,190.7 sq mi)
Indwallers (2011)
- Tot	135,664
- Densitie	44/km2 (113.9/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Simmer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	KH
Wabsteid	kn.government.bg

The Rila monastery

Kyustendil Province (Bulgarie: Област Кюстендил, transliteratit Oblast Kyustendil) is a province in soothwastren Bulgarie, extendin ower an aurie o 3084.3 km² (constitutin 2.7% o the total territory o the Republic o Bulgarie), an haes a population o 163,889. It borders on the provinces o Sofia, Pernik an Blagoevgrad, while tae the wast, its limits coincide wi the state borders atween Bulgarie an the Republic o Macedonie, an Bulgarie an Serbie. The admeenistrative center o the Ceety o Kyustendil.

Municipalities

Municipalities in Kyustendil province

The Kyustendil province (област, oblast) contains nine municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2009.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.	Toun/Veelage	Pop.
Boboshevo	Бобошево	3,016	Boboshevo	1,383
Bobov dol	Бобов дол	10,266	Bobov dol	6,664
Dupnitsa	Дупница	44,988	Dupnitsa	33,519
Kocherinovo	Кочериново	4,506	Kocherinovo	2,190
Kyustendil	Кюстендил	60,681	Kyustendil	44,532
Nevestino	Невестино	2,738	Nevestino	629
Rila	Рила	3,424	Rila	2,937
Sapareva banya	Сапарева баня	8,165	Sapareva banya	4,326
Treklyano	Трекляно	547	Treklyano	226

Demographics

Kyustendil province haed a population o 135,664 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which 48.9% wur male an 51.1% wur female.

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

Kyustendil Province
Year	1946	1956	1965	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	199,936	193,571	197,096	198,876	190,714	181,347	162,534	152,714	149,187	145,577	135,664
Sources: National Statistical Institute, „Census 2001“, „Census 2011“, „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:

Census 2001
releegious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	154 637	95.1%
Muslims	231	0.1%
Roman Catholics	76	0%
Protestants	928	0.6%
Ither	1 013	0.6%
Releegion no mentioned	5 649	3.5%
total	162 534	100%

Leid

Mither tongues in the province according to 2001 census:

• 153,242 Bulgarie (94.3%)
• 7,929 Roma (Gypsy) (4.9%)
• 1363 others and unspecified (0.8%)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in the province according to 2001 census:

• 152,644 Bulgarians (93.9%)
• 8 294 Roma (Gypsy) (5.1%)
• 1596 others and unspecified (1%)

See an aw

• Kyustendil tourist destination - tourism opportunities in the Kyustendil region
• Kyustendil Province
• Provinces o Bulgarie
• Municipalities o Bulgarie
• Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
• Leet o veelages in Kyustendil Province

References

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