Pernik Province

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Coordinates: 42°35′N 23°0′E / 42.583°N 23.000°E / 42.583; 23.000

Pernik Province

Област Перник
Location o Pernik Province in Bulgarie
Location o Pernik Province in Bulgarie
KintraBulgarie
CaipitalPernik
Municipalities6
Govrenment
 • GovrenorIvo Petrov
Area
 • Total2390.5 km2 (923.0 sq mi)
Population
 • Total133,750
 • Density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License platePK

Pernik Province is a province in wastren Bulgarie, neighbourin Serbie. Its main ceety is Pernik, an ither municipalities are Breznik, Kovachevtsi, Radomir, Tran, an Zemen.

Demographics[eedit | eedit soorce]

Pernik province haed a population o 133,750 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which 48.9% wur male an 51.1% wur female.[1][2][3][4]

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

Pernik Province
Year 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 172,389 180,228 180,883 174,624 174,044 163,307 149,832 140,981 138,773 136,249 133,750
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegion[eedit | eedit soorce]

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[5]

Census 2001
releegious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 146 141 97.5%
Muslims 178 0.1%
Roman Catholics 92 0.1%
Protestants 356 0.2%
Ither 496 0.3%
Releegion no mentioned 2 569 1.7%
total 149 832 100%

Ethnic groups[eedit | eedit soorce]

Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[6] 145 642 Bulgaries (97.2%),
3 035 Roma (Gypsy) (2%) an 1155 ithers an unspecifeed (0.8%).

Economy[eedit | eedit soorce]

Industry is o vital importance for the economy o the province. Pernik is the major manufacturin centre, ane o the lairgest in the kintra wi the "Stomana" steel complex; hivy machinery (minin an industrial equipment); biggin materials an textiles being the maist important. There is an enormous plant for hivy machinery in Radomir which produces excavators an industrial equipment, but is currently no wirkin at full capacity.

See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b (in Bulgarie) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. a b (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
  3. a b „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  4. (in Bulgarie) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine frae Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011
  5. (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
  6. (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group frae Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

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