Provadiya_Municipality
Provadia Municipality
Municipality in Varna, Bulgaria
Provadia Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Провадия) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Provadia.
Provadia Municipality
Община Провадия | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Provadia Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°10′N 27°24′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Provadia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 576.6 km2 (222.6 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 23,045 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 576.6 km2 (222.6 sq mi) with a population, as of December 2009, of 23,045 inhabitants.[1]
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Provadia Municipality includes the following 25 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Provadia | Провадия | 12,901 |
| Blaskovo | Блъсково | 1,354 |
| Bozveliysko | Бозвелийско | 1,296 |
| Barzitsa | Бързица | 270 |
| Chayka | Чайка | 94 |
| Cherkovna | Черковна | 240 |
| Chernook | Черноок | 247 |
| Dobrina | Добрина | 256 |
| Gradinarovo | Градинарово | 801 |
| Hrabrovo | Храброво | 439 |
| Kiten | Китен | 52 |
| Komarevo | Комарево | 463 |
| Krivnya | Кривня | 400 |
| Manastir | Манастир | 563 |
| Nenovo | Неново | 69 |
| Ovchaga | Овчага | 184 |
| Petrov Dol | Петров дол | 344 |
| Ravna | Равна | 179 |
| Slaveykovo | Славейково | 476 |
| Snezhina | Снежина | 570 |
| Staroselets | Староселец | 62 |
| Tutrakantsi | Тутраканци | 249 |
| Venchan | Венчан | 338 |
| Tziganitza | Циганица | 950 |
| Zlatina | Златина | 248 |
| Total | 23,045 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Provadia Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 31,461 | 28,893 | 28,414 | 25,718 | 24,573 | 23,747 | 23,045 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
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A majority of the population of Provadia Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 61.6% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
- "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
- Official website (in Bulgarian)