Stara Zagora Province
Stara Zagora (Bulgarie: Област Стара Загора oblast Stara Zagora, umwhile name Stara Zagora okrug) is a province o sooth central Bulgarie. It is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre—the ceety o Stara Zagora—the saxt-biggest toun in the kintra. The province embraces a territory o 5,151.1 km²[1] that is dividit intae 11 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 350,925 indwallers.[2][3][4]
Stara Zagora Province Област Стара Загора | |
|---|---|
 Location o Stara Zagora Province in Bulgarie | |
| Kintra | Bulgarie |
| Caipital | Stara Zagora |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Yordan Nikolov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi) |
| Population (Februar 2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 327,576 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | CT |
| Website | sz.government.bg |
In the sootheastren pairt o the province on the edge o Radnevo Municipality thare is a coal production facility. Atween 1934 an 1949, the province includit pairts o the present Kardzhali Province.[5]
Municipalities
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The Stara Zagora 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 or veelage (touns are shawn in bauld), an the population o each as o December 2009.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[2][3][4] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[3][6][7][8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratya | Братя Даскалови | 9,724 | Bratya Daskalovi | 750 |
| Chirpan | Чирпан | 23,470 | Chirpan | 16,355 |
| Gurkovo | Гурково | 5,273 | Gurkovo | 2,917 |
| Galabovo | Гълъбово | 14,269 | Galabovo | 8,404 |
| Kazanlak | Казанлък | 76,447 | Kazanlak | 49,506 |
| Maglizh | Мъглиж | 12,267 | Maglizh | 3,426 |
| Nikolaevo | Николаево | 4,840 | Nikolaevo | 2,872 |
| Opan | Опан | 3,501 | Opan | 466 |
| Pavel Banya | Павел баня | 14,703 | Pavel Banya | 2,918 |
| Radnevo | Раднево | 21,959 | Radnevo | 13,384 |
| Stara Zagora | Стара Загора | 164,472 | Stara Zagora | 140,456 |
Demografie
eeditThe Stara Zagora province haed a population o 370,665 (370,615 gien an aw) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which 48.9% wur male an 51.1% wur female.[9] As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 350,925[2] o which 25.2% are indwallers agit ower 60 years.[10]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
| Stara Zagora Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 306,181 | 322,252 | 359,486 | 394,607 | 410,905 | 397,337 | 370,665 | 361,146 | 356,984 | 350,925 | 327,576 |
| Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „Census 2011“,[4] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? | |||||||||||
Releegion
eeditReleegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:[11]
| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| releegious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 329,628 | 88.94% |
| Muslims | 21,423 | 5.78% |
| Roman Catholics | 522 | 0.14% |
| Protestants | 4,094 | 1.10% |
| Ither | 1558 | 0.42% |
| Releegion no mentioned | 13,390 | 3.62% |
| tot | 370,615 | 100% |
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b (in Inglis) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
- ↑ a b c d e (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“
- ↑ http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino
- ↑ (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 – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex frae Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Releegious adherence in Bulgarie - census 2001
Freemit airtins
eedit- Stara Zagora Province — the best quality o life in Europe Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine