Template:Politics o Bulgarie Syne 1999, Bulgarie haes been dividit intae 28 provinces (Bulgarie: области, oblasti; singular област, oblast; an aw translatit as "region") which correspond approximately tae the 28 destricts (okrugs) that existit afore 1987. In 1987, durin the Communist regime o Todor Zhivkov, the destricts wur consolidatit intae nine lairger provinces (oblasts), which survivit till 1999.[1]
Each province is namit efter its caipital. In the case o Sofia Province an Sofia Caipital, Sofia is the caipital o baith, but its territory is anerlie includit in Sofia Caipital.
The provinces are further subdividit intae 264 municipalities (община, obshtina).
| Province |
Population (Census 2001)[2][3] |
Population (Census 2011)[2][3] |
Population growth (2001/2011)[2] |
Land aurie (km²) |
Population density (/km²) |
Municipalities |
| Blagoevgrad |
341,173 |
323,552 |
-5.2% |
6,478 |
49.95 |
14 |
| Burgas |
423,547 |
415,817 |
-1.8% |
7,618 |
54.58 |
13 |
| Dobrich |
215,217 |
189,677 |
-11.9% |
4,700 |
40.36 |
8 |
| Gabrovo |
144,125 |
122,702 |
-14.9% |
2,053 |
59.77 |
4 |
| Haskovo |
277,478 |
246,238 |
-11.3% |
4,033 |
61.06 |
11 |
| Kardzhali |
164,019 |
152,808 |
-6.8% |
4,032 |
37.90 |
7 |
| Kyustendil |
162,534 |
136,686 |
-15.9% |
3,027 |
45.16 |
9 |
| Lovech |
169,951 |
141,422 |
-16.8% |
4,134 |
34.21 |
8 |
| Montana |
182,258 |
148,098 |
-18.7% |
3,595 |
41.20 |
11 |
| Pazardzhik |
310,723 |
275,548 |
-11.3% |
4,393 |
62.72 |
11 |
| Pernik |
149,832 |
133,530 |
-10.9% |
2,377 |
56.18 |
6 |
| Pleven |
311,985 |
269,752 |
-13.5% |
4,216 |
63.98 |
11 |
| Plovdiv |
715,816 |
683,027 |
-4.6% |
5,973 |
114.35 |
18 |
| Razgrad |
152,417 |
125,190 |
-17.9% |
2,648 |
47.28 |
7 |
| Ruse |
266,157 |
235,252 |
-11.6% |
2,616 |
89.93 |
8 |
| Shumen |
204,378 |
180,528 |
-11.7% |
3,365 |
53.65 |
10 |
| Silistra |
142,000 |
119,474 |
-15.9% |
2,862 |
41.74 |
7 |
| Sliven |
218,474 |
197,473 |
-9.6% |
3,646 |
54.16 |
4 |
| Smolyan |
140,066 |
121,752 |
-13.1% |
3,532 |
34.47 |
10 |
| Sofia-Caipital |
1,170,842 |
1,291,591 |
+10.3% |
1,349 |
957.44 |
1 |
| Sofia (province) |
273,240 |
247,489 |
-9.4% |
7,277 |
34.01 |
22 |
| Stara Zagora |
370,615 |
333,265 |
-10.1% |
4,959 |
67.20 |
11 |
| Targovishte |
137,689 |
120,818 |
-12.3% |
2,735 |
44.17 |
5 |
| Varna |
462,013 |
475,074 |
+2.8% |
3,819 |
124.40 |
12 |
| Veliko Tarnovo |
293,172 |
258,494 |
-11.8% |
4,684 |
55.19 |
10 |
| Vidin |
130,074 |
101,018 |
-22.3% |
3,071 |
32.89 |
11 |
| Vratsa |
243,036 |
186,848 |
-23.1% |
4,098 |
45.59 |
10 |
| Yambol |
156,070 |
131,447 |
-15.8% |
4,209 |
31.23 |
5 |
History [edit]
In 1987, the then-existin twinty-aicht destricts wur transformit intae nine lairge provinces. In 1999, the auld destricts wur restored, but the designation "province" ("oblast") wis kept. The nine lairge provinces are leetit below, alang wi the pre-1987 destricts (post-1999 provinces) comprisin them.
Provinces o Bulgarie frae 1987 tae 1998
1987-1999
oblasts |
Comprising |
| Burgas |
Burgas, Sliven, Yambol |
| Haskovo |
Haskovo, Kardzhali, Stara Zagora |
| Lovech |
Gabrovo, Lovech, Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo |
| Montana |
Montana, Vidin, Vratsa |
| Plovdiv |
Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan |
| Razgrad |
Razgrad, Ruse, Silistra, Targovishte |
| Sofia |
Sofia City |
| Sofia |
Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia |
| Varna |
Dobrich, Shumen, Varna |
See an aw [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ Government Structure of Bulgaria at countrystudies.us, a website affiliated with the Library of Congress
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.nsi.bg/EPDOCS/Census2011final.pdf Census 2011 PDF
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://censusresults.nsi.bg/Welcome.aspx Census 2011
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