Pleven Province
Pleven Province (Bulgarie: Област Плевен or Plevenska Oblast Bulgarie: Плевенска Област, umwhile name Pleven okrug) is a province locatit in central northren Bulgarie, borderin the Danube river, Romania an the Bulgarie provinces o Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo an Lovech. It is dividit intae 11 subdiveesions, cried municipalities, that embrace a territory o 4,333.54 km² wi a population, as o Februar 2011, o 269 752 indwallers.[1][2][3][4] The province's caipital is the ceety o Pleven.
Pleven Province Област Плевен | |
|---|---|
 Location o Pleven Province in Bulgarie | |
| Kintra | Bulgarie |
| Caipital | Pleven |
| Municipalities | Belene, Gulyantsi, Dolna Mitropoliya, Dolni Dabnik, Levski, Nikopol, Iskar, Pleven, Pordim, Cherven Bryag, Knezha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Tsvetko Tsvetkov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4334 km2 (1,673 sq mi) |
| Population (01.02.2011 Census [1]) | |
| • Total | 269,752 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | EH |
| Website | pleven-oblast.bg |
Namin
eeditThe follaein Bulgarie terms mey be uised:
- Плевенска област (Plevenska oblast)
- Област Плевен (Oblast Pleven)
- Плевенски окръг (Plevenski okrag), obsolete
- Окръг Плевен (Okrag Pleven), obsolete
Geografie
eeditThe province is pairt o the central Danubian Plain. It is crossed frae sooth tae north bi the rivers Iskar, Vit an Osam (in wast-east order); the river valleys are separatit bi limestane plateaus.
Municipalities
eeditThe Pleven province (област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities ([singular: община, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o December 2009.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[2][3][4] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[3][5][6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belene | Белене | 10,908 | Belene | 8,905 |
| Gulyantsi | Гулянци | 13,561 | Gulyantsi | 3,432 |
| Dolna Mitropoliya | Долна Митрополия | 21,304 | Dolna Mitropoliya | 3,303 |
| Dolni Dabnik | Долни Дъбник | 14,438 | Dolni Dabnik | 4,761 |
| Levski | Левски | 21,487 | Levski | 10,571 |
| Nikopol | Никопол | 10,602 | Nikopol | 3,892 |
| Iskar | Искър | 7,717 | Iskar | 3,622 |
| Pleven | Плевен | 138,095 | Pleven | 111,426 |
| Pordim | Пордим | 7,114 | Pordim | 2,117 |
| Cherven Bryag | Червен бряг | 30,524 | Cherven Bryag | 13,856 |
| Knezha | Кнежа | 14,839 | Knezha | 11,191 |
Demografie
eeditAccordin tae the 2001 census, the population o the province wis 311,985 (312,018 an aa gien) o which Bulgaries constitute an overwhelming majority o 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (tho this nummer vera likely includes mony Roma) an 9,777 as Roma an aw. 283,626 fowk specifee'd Bulgarie as thair mither tongue, 14,947 declared tae speak Turkis at hame, while the native speakers o Roma are 8,861.
As o Februar 2011, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 266 144 [1] o which 28.4% are indwallers agit ower 60 years.[7]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
| Pleven Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 347,299 | 358,270 | 366,347 | 394,734 | 382,634 | 365,254 | 311,985 | 305,025 | 297,928 | 290,589 | 269 752 |
| Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4] | |||||||||||
Releegion
eeditReleegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[8]
| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| releegious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 275,112 | 88.18% |
| Muslims | 15,681 | 5.03% |
| Roman Catholics | 7,065 | 2.26% |
| Protestants | 548 | 0.18% |
| Ither | 1,301 | 0.42% |
| Releegion no mentioned | 12,278 | 3.93% |
| tot | 311,985 | 100% |
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b c d (in Inglis) Census 2011 Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b c (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b c d (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ↑ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001