Alfatar_Municipality

Alfatar Municipality

Alfatar Municipality

Municipality in Silistra, Bulgaria

Alfatar Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Алфатар) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 15 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Alfatar.

Quick Facts Община Алфатар, Country ...

The municipality embraces a territory of 248.57 km2 (95.97 sq mi)[1] with a population of 3,324 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]

The main road "7" crosses the area from north to south, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Shumen and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.

Settlements

Alfatar Municipality includes the following 7 places (towns are shown in bold):

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Demography

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

Alfatar Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 6,373 5,454 4,630 3,990 3,629 3,451 3,324 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the majority of the population of Alfatar Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people in Bulgaria.

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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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Vital statistics

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  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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