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Silistra Province (Bulgarian: Област Силистра, transliterated Oblast Silistra, former name Silistra okrug) is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into seven municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659. The province is part of Southern Dobrudja, which was part of Romania until 1940.
Silistra Province is a traditionally agricultural province, mainly because of its fertile soil. The province is known for its pelicans and apricot brandy.
Besides the administrative centre, other municipalities are Alfatar, Dulovo, Glavinitsa, Kaynardzha, Sitovo, and Tutrakan.
Municipalities
The Silistra Province contains seven municipalities (Bulgarian: община, romanized: obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
Demographics
The Silistra province had a population of 142,000 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659 of which 25.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
= Ethnic groups
=Total population (2011 census): 119 474
Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 111,590 persons:
Bulgarians: 64,050 (57.40%)
Turks: 40,272 (36.09%)
Romani: 5,697 (5.11%)
Others and indefinable: 1,571 (1.41%)
= Religion
=Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:
See also
Provinces of Bulgaria
List of villages in Silistra Province
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Provinsi Silistra
- Negara-negara bawahan dan taklukan Kesultanan Utsmaniyah
- Cakupan Google Street View
- Daftar provinsi di Bulgaria menurut PDB
- Eyalet Habesh
- Aljazair Utsmaniyah
- Daftar kota kembar di Bulgaria
- Silistra Province
- Silistra
- Silistra Eyalet
- Iskra, Silistra Province
- Sitovo, Silistra Province
- Municipalities of Bulgaria
- Alfatar
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Tsar Samuil, Silistra Province
- Silistra Airfield
