Kardzhali Province

Kardzhali Province
Kardzhali Province; Област Кърджали
	Province
	Location o Kardzhali Province in Bulgarie
Kintra	Bulgarie
Caipital	Kardzhali
Municipalities	7
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ivanka Taushanova
Area
• Total	3,209 km2 (1,239 sq mi)
Population (February 2011)
• Total	152,808
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	K
Website	kj.government.bg

Kardzhali Province (Bulgarie: Област Кърджали, transliteratit Oblast Kardjali) is a province o soothren Bulgarie, neebourin Greece wi the Greek regional units o Xanthi, Rhodope an Evros tae the sooth an east. Kardzhali Province aurie is 3209.1 km². Its main ceety is Kardzhali.

History

The territory o Kardzhali province wis acquired bi Bulgarie durin the First Balkan War in 1912. In 1913 the region wis organizit as the destrict (окръг, okrag in Bulgarie) o Mestanli. This destrict wis pairt o Stara Zagora province frae 1934 till 1949,^[2] then it wis transferred tae the newly formit Haskovo destrict. In 1959 Kardzhali became the centre o a new destrict wi seemilar borders tae the current province. Atween 1987 an 1999, the region wis pairt o Haskovo Province, efter which it wis restored, nou as a province an wi slichtly chyngit borders.

Municipalities

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

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.^[3]	Toun/Veelage	Pop.^[3]
Ardino	Ардино	13,766	Ardino	4,368
Chernoochene	Черноочене	10,132	Chernoochene	335
Dzhebel	Джебел	9,012	Dzhebel	3,288
Kardzhali	Кърджали	75,525	Kardzhali	50,482
Kirkovo	Кирково	22,833	Kirkovo	719
Krumovgrad	Крумовград	20,517	Krumovgrad	5,475
Momchilgrad	Момчилград	19,327	Momchilgrad	9,187

Touns an veelages

The population data an figurs are o December 15, 2004

Abramovo (pop: 94)
Ahrisko (pop: 127, elev: 680 m, postal code: 6761)

Demographics

The Kardzhali province haed a population o 149,661 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which 7001498000000000000♠49.8% wur male an 7001502000000000000♠50.2% wur female.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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

Kardzhali Province
Year	1946	1956	1965	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	218,686	246,761	283,758	273,906	290,254	203,251	164,019	158,541	156,652	154,719	149,661
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,^[4] „Census 2001“,^[5] „Census 2011“,^[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegion

In the 2001 census, 149,839 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd ane o the follaein as thair releegion (wi percentage o tot population): 35,265 Orthodox Christian (7001215000000000000♠21.5%), 114,217 Muslim (7001696009999900000♠69.6%), 197 Roman Catholic (6999100000000000000♠0.1%), 89 Protestant (6998500000000000000♠0.05%), an 71 ither (6998400000000000000♠0.04%).^[7]

Leid

In the 2001 census, 160,167 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd ane o the follaein as thair mither tongue (wi percentage o tot population): 101,548 Turkis (7001619000000000000♠61.9%), 57,046 Bulgarie (7001348009999900000♠34.8%), 1,171 Roma (Gypsy) (6999700000000000000♠0.7%), an 402 ither (6999200000000000000♠0.2%).^[8]

Ethnic groups

In the 2001 census, 158,704 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd thairsels as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o tot population):^[9]

Ethnic group	Population	Percentage
Bulgaries	55,939	7001341059999999999♠34.105%
Turks	101,116	7001616490000000000♠61.649%
Roma (Gypsy)	1,264	6999771000000000000♠0.771%
Roushies	234	6999142990000000000♠0.143%
Armenies	41	6998250000000000000♠0.025%
Vlachs	-	0.000%
Macedonies	7	6997400000000000000♠0.004%
Greeks	21	6998130000000000000♠0.013%
Ukrainians	20	6998120000000000000♠0.012%
Jews	1	6997100000000000000♠0.001%
Romanies	1	6997100000000000000♠0.001%
Ither	60	6998370000000000000♠0.037%

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
↑ http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino
↑ ^a ^b (in Bulgarie) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
↑ ^a ^b (in Bulgarie) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
↑ ^a ^b (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
↑ (in Bulgarie) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011
↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Region and Religion from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

See an aw

[pop-stat-divisions-1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“

[2] ttp://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino

[grao.bg-3] (in Bulgarie) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services

[divisions-4] (in Bulgarie) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine

[population-5] (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“

[NSI_Census_2011_preliminary-6] (in Bulgarie) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011

[7] (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Region and Religion from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

[8] (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

[9] (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

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