Antonovo Municipality
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| Antonovo Municipality Община Антоново |
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| Antonovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province. Antonovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province. |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Targovishte |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Antonovo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 472 km2 (182 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,507 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Antonovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Антоново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Antonovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 472 km² with a population of 6,507 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Settlements
Omurtag
Popovo
Opaka
Antonovo Municipality within Targovishte Province
(towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Antonovo Municipality | ||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 12,107 | 9,849 | 8,697 | 7,593 | 7,179 | 6,836 | 6,507 | 6,262 |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Ethnic composition
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
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| Bulgarians | 1660 | 28% |
| Turks | 2975 | 50.1% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 1212 | 20.4% |
| Other | 7 | 0.1% |
| Undeclared | 84 | 1.4% |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ↑ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute
- ↑ Population of Bulgarian divisions
- ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (Bulgarian)
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian)
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