Glavinitsa Municipality

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Glavinitsa Municipality
Община Главиница
Municipality
Glavinitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Glavinitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Coordinates: 43°56′N 26°50′E / 43.933°N 26.833°E / 43.933; 26.833
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Silistra
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Glavinitsa
Area
[1]
 • Total
481.23 km2 (185.80 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[2]
 • Total
12,610
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateCfb

Glavinitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Главиница) is a 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 town of Glavinitsa.

The municipality embraces a territory of 481.23 km2 (185.80 sq mi)[1] with a population of 12,610 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]

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

Settlements

Glavinitsa Municipality includes the following 23 places all of them villages:

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[3][4][5]
(December 2009)
Glavinitsa Главиница 1,928
Bashtino Бащино 167
Bogdantsi Богданци 699
Chernogor Черногор 451
Dichevo Дичево 471
Dolno Ryahovo Долно Ряхово 405
Kalugerene Калугерене 551
Kolarovo Коларово 369
Kosara Косара 213
Listets Листец 583
Malak Preslavets Малък Преславец 365
Nozharevo Ножарево 572
Osen Осен 144
Padina Падина 415
Podles Подлес 187
Sokol Сокол 353
Kosara Стефан Караджа 1,031
Suhodol Суходол 775
Valkan Вълкан 383
Zaritsa Зарица 446
Zafirovo Зафирово 933
Zvenimir Звенимир 454
Zebil Зебил 715
Total 12,610

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Glavinitsa Municipality has comprised the former municipality of General Zafirovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Glavinitsa Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 10,230 9,930 15,579 13,848 13,298 12,959 12,610 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Glavinitsa Municipality, followed by a large Bulgarian minority and a small Roma community.

Ethnic groups in Glavinitsa Municipality (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 29.2%
Turks
 
 68.0%
Roma
 
 2.2%
others and indefinable
 
 0.6%

Demographic indicators

The municipality of Glavinitsa is losing many inhabitants. Last decade, the number of births decreased slightly while the number of deaths increased significantly.

Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 14,662 126 203 −77 8.6 13.8 −5.3
2001 13,743 126 201 −75 9.2 14.6 −5.5
2002 13,693 114 244 −130 8.3 17.8 −9.5
2003 13,564 118 201 −83 8.7 14.8 −6.1
2004 13,400 91 184 −93 6.8 13.7 −6.9
2005 13,298 110 193 −83 8.3 14.5 −6.2
2006 13,077 93 201 −108 7.1 15.4 8.3
2007 12,959 122 203 −81 9.4 15.7 −6.3
2008 12,767 116 209 −93 9.1 16.4 −7.3
2009 12,610 122 162 −40 9.7 12.8 −3.2
2010 12,445 98 184 −86 7.9 14.8 −6.9
2011 10,797 95 198 −103 8.8 18.3 −9.5
2012 10,642 96 208 −112 9.0 19.5 −10.5
2013 10,553 103 171 −68 9.8 16.2 −6.4
2014 10,407 93 202 −109 8.9 19.4 −10.5
2015 10,360 98 197 99 9.5 19.0 −9.6
2016 10,243 91 166 −75 8.9 16.2 −7.3
2017 10,085 82 169 −87 8.1 16.8 −8.6
2018 9,897 73 206 -133 7.4 20.8 -13.4

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:

Religious composition of Glavinitsa Municipality [9]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 27.2%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 0.2%
Islam
 
 70.1%
No religion
 
 0.4%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 1.7%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  5. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  6. ^ National Statistical Institute – Census 2001
  7. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  8. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. February 1, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  9. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.