Sitovo_Municipality

Sitovo Municipality

Sitovo Municipality

Municipality in Silistra, Bulgaria

Sitovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ситово) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Sitovo.

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The municipality embraces a territory of 270.97 km2 (104.62 sq mi)[1] with a population of 5,810 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]

The main road II-21 crosses the area centrally, from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.

Settlements

Sitovo Municipality includes the following 12 places all of them villages:

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Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Sitovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 10,829 9,035 7,554 6,856 6,356 6,080 5,810 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the plurality in Sitovo Municipality. Turks form the second largest ethnic group and Roma people form the third largest ethnic group.

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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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Most Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians, while most Turks and Roma people are Muslim.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province
  2. [2]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  5. [5]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
  6. [6]
    National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  7. [7]
    „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  8. [8]
    "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  9. [9]
    "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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