Popovo Municipality





Municipality in Targovishte, Bulgaria





































Popovo Municipality


Община Попово

Municipality

Popovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province.
Popovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province.

Coordinates: 43°19′N 26°15′E / 43.317°N 26.250°E / 43.317; 26.250Coordinates: 43°19′N 26°15′E / 43.317°N 26.250°E / 43.317; 26.250
Country
 Bulgaria

Province (Oblast)
 Targovishte

Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)
 Popovo
Area

 • Total 833 km2 (322 sq mi)
Population
(December 2009)[1]

 • Total 31,479
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)

Popovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Попово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the eastern part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Popovo.


The municipality embraces a territory of 833 km² with a population of 31,479 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1] The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the southern part of the area.




Contents






  • 1 Settlements


  • 2 Demography


    • 2.1 Ethnic composition




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Settlements



Popovo Municipality includes the following 34 places (towns are shown in bold):























































































































































































Town/Village
Cyrillic
 Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)

Popovo
Попово
 15,548

Aprilovo
 Априлово
 614

Baba Tonka
 Баба Тонка
 111

Berkovski
 Берковски
 108

Braknitsa
 Бракница
 79

Dolets
 Долец
 90

Dolna Kabda
 Долна Кабда
 243

Drinovo
 Дриново
 541

Elenovo
 Еленово
 481

Gagovo
 Гагово
 812

Gloginka
 Глогинка
 553

Goritsa
 Горица
 164

Ivancha
 Иванча
 29

Konak
 Конак
 93

Kozitsa
 Козица
 337

Kardam
 Кардам
 1,491

Kovachevets
 Ковачевец
 691

Lomtsi
 Ломци
 1,052

Marchino
 Марчино
 124

Medovina
 Медовина
 878

Manastiritsa
 Манастирица
 39

Osikovo
 Осиково
 205

Palamartsa
 Паламарца
 634

Posabina
 Посабина
 250

Pomoshtitsa
 Помощица
 120

Sadina
 Садина
 1,117

Slavyanovo
 Славяново
 861

Svetlen
 Светлен
 1,208

Trastika
 Тръстика
 311

Voditsa
 Водица
 796

Zavetno
 Заветно
 114

Zaraevo
 Зараево
 981

Zvezda
 Звезда
 204

Zahari Stoyanovo
 Захари Стояново
 374
Total
31,479


Demography


The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Popovo Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Sadina and Voditsa and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.




























Popovo Municipality

Year
 1975
 1985
 1992
2001
 2005
 2007
 2009
2011

Population
 35,802
 33,252
 40,968
 36,208
 33,558
 32,559
 31,479
 28,775

Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]


Ethnic composition


According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:

































Ethnic group Population Percentage
Bulgarians 18531
7001746009999900000♠74.6%
Turks 4556
7001183000000000000♠18.3%
Roma (Gypsy) 959
7000390000000000000♠3.9%
Other 155
6999600000000000000♠0.6%
Undeclared 631
7000250000000000000♠2.5%

[8]



See also



  • Provinces of Bulgaria

  • Municipalities of Bulgaria

  • List of cities and towns in Bulgaria



References




  1. ^ ab (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009


  2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009


  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009


  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009


  5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001


  6. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute


  7. ^ Population of Bulgarian divisions


  8. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)



External links



  • Official website (in Bulgarian)








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