Tutrakan Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Тутракан) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tutrakan.
Tutrakan Municipality
Община Тутракан | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Tutrakan Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°59′N 26°34′E / 43.983°N 26.567°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Silistra |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Tutrakan |
| Area | |
• Total | 448.35 km2 (173.11 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[2] | |
• Total | 16,920 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 448.35[1] km² with a population of 16,920 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]
The main road 21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.
Settlements
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Tutrakan Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Tutrakan | Тутракан | 9,476 |
| Antimovo | Антимово | 60 |
| Belitsa | Белица | 612 |
| Brenitsa | Бреница | 234 |
| Dunavets | Дунавец | 20 |
| Nova Cherna | Нова Черна | 1,763 |
| Pozharevo | Пожарево | 129 |
| Preslavtsi | Преславци | 574 |
| Staro Selo | Старо село | 997 |
| Shumentsi | Шуменци | 548 |
| Syanovo | Сяново | 112 |
| Tarnovtsi | Търновци | 447 |
| Tsar Samuil | Цар Самуил | 1,486 |
| Tsarev Dol | Царев дол | 81 |
| Varnentsi | Варненци | 381 |
| Total | 16,920 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Tutrakan Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 24,698 | 23,439 | 21,774 | 19,309 | 17,922 | 17,419 | 16,920 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8] | ||||||||
Ethnic groups
editEthnic Bulgarians constitute the largest ethnic group in Tutrakan Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people.
Religion
editAccording to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)