Haskovo Province

41°50′N 25°55′E / 41.833°N 25.917°E / 41.833; 25.917

Haskovo
Област Хасково
Province
Kovan Kaya Rock
Kovan Kaya Rock
Flag of Haskovo
Flag
Location of Haskovo in Bulgaria
Location of Haskovo in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalHaskovo
Municipalities11
Government
 • GovernorStanislav Dechev
Area
[1]
 • Total
5,533.29 km2 (2,136.42 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2022)[2]
 • Total
207,439
 • Density37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateX
Websitehs.government.bg

Haskovo Province (Bulgarian: Област Хасково - Oblast Haskovo, former name Haskovo okrug, Turkish: Hasköy) is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre: the city of Haskovo. The province has a territory of 5,533.3 km2 (2,136.4 sq mi)[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 256,408 inhabitants.[2][3][4]

Municipalities

Municipalities of Haskovo province

The Haskovo province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities[5] (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][4] Town/Village Pop.[4][6][7][8][9]
Dimitrovgrad Димитровград 56,882 Dimitrovgrad 39,510
Harmanli Харманли 25,711 Harmanli 18,557
Haskovo Хасково 96,499 Haskovo 77,050
Ivaylovgrad Ивайловград 6,761 Ivaylovgrad 3,756
Lyubimets Любимец 10,400 Lyubimets 7,670
Madzharovo Маджарово 1,800 Madzharovo 590
Mineralni Bani Минерални бани 6,542 Mineralni Bani 1,303
Simeonovgrad Симеоновград 9,371 Simeonovgrad 7,049
Stambolovo Стамболово 6,122 Stambolovo 609
Svilengrad Свиленград 24,142 Svilengrad 18,132
Topolovgrad Тополовград 12,178 Topolovgrad 5,730

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1946235,248—    
1956272,100+15.7%
1965287,996+5.8%
1975330,132+14.6%
1985334,584+1.3%
1992306,058−8.5%
2001277,478−9.3%
2011246,238−11.3%
2021211,565−14.1%
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org[10]

The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.[11]

As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408[3] of which 25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[12]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Haskovo Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 79.4%
Turks
 
 12.5%
Romani
 
 7.0%
others and indefinable
 
 1.1%

Total population (2011 census): 246,238[13]
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[14] Identified themselves: 227,382 persons:

  • Bulgarians: 180,541 (79.40%)
  • Turks: 28,444 (12.50%)
  • Romani: 15,889 (6.99%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2,508 (1.10%)

A further 20,000 persons in Haskovo Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[15]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 227,593 82.03%
Muslims 33,780 12.17%
Protestants 1,846 0.67%
Roman Catholics 426 0.15%
Other 1,833 0.66%
Religion not mentioned 12,000 4.32%
total 277,478 100%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  3. ^ a b c (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
  5. ^ Oblast Haskovo Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, official website
  6. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  8. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  9. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  10. ^ "Divisions of Bulgaria". 2024-04-03.
  11. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
  15. ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine