Kyustendil Province
Kyustendil Province (Bulgarie: Област Кюстендил, transliteratit Oblast Kyustendil) is a province in soothwastren Bulgarie, extendin ower an aurie o 3084.3 km² (constitutin 2.7% o the tot territory o the Republic o Bulgarie), an haes a population o 163,889. It borders on the provinces o Sofia, Pernik an Blagoevgrad, while tae the wast, its leemits coincide wi the state borders atween Bulgarie an the Republic o Macedonie, an Bulgarie an Serbie. The admeenistrative centre o the Ceety o Kyustendil.
Kyustendil Province Област Кюстендил | |
|---|---|
 Location o Kyustendil Province in Bulgarie | |
| Kintra | Bulgarie |
| Caipital | Kyustendil |
| Municipalities | 9 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Lyubomir Anchev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3084 km2 (1,191 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 135,664 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | KH |
| Website | kn.government.bg |
Municipalities eedit
The Kyustendil province (област, oblast) contains nine municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2009.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop. | Toun/Veelage | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boboshevo | Бобошево | 3,016 | Boboshevo | 1,383 |
| Bobov dol | Бобов дол | 10,266 | Bobov dol | 6,664 |
| Dupnitsa | Дупница | 44,988 | Dupnitsa | 33,519 |
| Kocherinovo | Кочериново | 4,506 | Kocherinovo | 2,190 |
| Kyustendil | Кюстендил | 60,681 | Kyustendil | 44,532 |
| Nevestino | Невестино | 2,738 | Nevestino | 629 |
| Rila | Рила | 3,424 | Rila | 2,937 |
| Sapareva banya | Сапарева баня | 8,165 | Sapareva banya | 4,326 |
| Treklyano | Трекляно | 547 | Treklyano | 226 |
Demographics eedit
Kyustendil province haed a population o 135,664 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which 48.9% wur male an 51.1% wur female.[1][2][3][4]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
| Kyustendil Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 199,936 | 193,571 | 197,096 | 198,876 | 190,714 | 181,347 | 162,534 | 152,714 | 149,187 | 145,577 | 135,664 |
| Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[1] „Census 2001“,[2] „Census 2011“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? | |||||||||||
Releegion eedit
Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[5]
| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| releegious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 154 637 | 95.1% |
| Muslims | 231 | 0.1% |
| Roman Catholics | 76 | 0% |
| Protestants | 928 | 0.6% |
| Ither | 1 013 | 0.6% |
| Releegion no mentioned | 5 649 | 3.5% |
| tot | 162 534 | 100% |
Leid eedit
Mither tongues in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[6]
- 153,242 Bulgarie (94.3%)
- 7,929 Roma (Gypsy) (4.9%)
- 1363 others an unspecified (0.8%)
Ethnic groups eedit
Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[7]
- 152,644 Bulgarians (93.9%)
- 8 294 Roma (Gypsy) (5.1%)
- 1596 others an unspecified (1%)
See an aw eedit
References eedit
- ↑ a b (in Bulgarie) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ↑ a b „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
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