Silistra Province

Coordinates: 43°55′N 27°10′E / 43.917°N 27.167°E

Silistra Province Област Силистра
Province
Location of in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Capital	Silistra
Municipalities	7
Area[1]
• Total	2,846.3 km^2 (1,099.0 sq mi)
Population (February 2011)[2][3][4]
• Total	119 474
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
License plate	CC
Website	ss.government.bg

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.^[2][3][4]

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

Silistra

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Tutrakan

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Dulovo

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Alfatar

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Glavinitsa

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Kaynardzha

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Sitovo

Municipalities within Silistra Province with their administrative centres

The Silistra Province contains 7 municipalities (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, 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.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.[2][3][4]	Town/Village	Pop.[3][5][6]
Alfatar	Алфатар	3,324	Alfatar	1,714
Glavinitsa	Главиница	12,610	Glavinitsa	1,928
Dulovo	Дулово	28,860	Dulovo	6,621
Kaynardzha	Кайнарджа	5,250	Kaynardzha	783
Silistra	Силистра	54,885	Silistra	37,837
Sitovo	Ситово	5,810	Sitovo	847
Tutrakan	Тутракан	16,920	Tutrakan	9,476

Population

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.^[7] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659^[2] of which 25.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.^[8]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Silistra Province
Year	1946	1956	1965	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	152,287	163,572	170,442	175,754	174,122	161,063	142,000	134,897	131,798	127,659	119,474
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „Census 2011“,[4] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Silistra Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group			Percentage
Bulgarians			57.4%
Turks			36.1%
Gypsies			5.1%
others and indefinable			1.4%

Total population (2011 census): 119 474^[9]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[10] Identified themselves: 111 590 persons:

• Bulgarians: 64 050 ( 57,40 % )
• Turks: 40 272 ( 36,09 % )
• Gypsies: 5 697 ( 5,11 % )
• Others and indefinable: 1 571 ( 1,41 % )

Religion

Religions in Silistra Province (2001 census)
Religious group			Percentage
Orthodox Christian			59.1%
Muslim			38.2%
Protestant Christian			0.2%
Roman Catholic Christian			0.1%
others and indefinable			2.4%

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:^[11]

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	83,969	59.13%
Muslims	54,174	38.15%
Protestants	303	0.21%
Roman Catholics	196	0.14%
Other	553	0.39%
Religion not mentioned	2,805	1.98%
total	142,000	100%

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• List of villages in Silistra Province

References

1. (English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
2. (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. (English) „WorldCityPopulation“
4. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
5. (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
6. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
7. (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
8. (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
9. (Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
10. Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (Bulgarian)
11. (Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001