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Kyustendil Province

Област Кюстендил
Province
Location o Kyustendil Province in Bulgarie
Location o Kyustendil Province in Bulgarie
KintraBulgarie
CaipitalKyustendil
Municipalities9
Govrenment
 • GovrenorLyubomir Anchev
Area
 • Total3084 km2 (1,191 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total135,664
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateKH
Websitekn.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 tot 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 leemits coincide wi the state borders atween Bulgarie an the Republic o Macedonie, an Bulgarie an Serbie. The admeenistrative centre o the Ceety o Kyustendil.

Municipalities

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Municipalities in Kyustendil province

The Kyustendil province (област, oblast) contains nine municipalities (singular: община, 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

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Kyustendil province haed a population o 135,664 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:

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
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Releegion

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

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%
tot 162 534 100%

Leid

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Mither tongues in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[6]

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

Ethnic groups

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Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[7]

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

See an aw

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References

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  1. 1 2 (in Bulgarie) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
  3. 1 2 „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  4. ↑ (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
  5. ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
  6. ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  7. ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
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