Haskovo Province




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


Province in Bulgaria





















































Haskovo


Област Хасково

Province

Location of Haskovo in Bulgaria
Location of Haskovo in Bulgaria

Country Bulgaria
Capital Haskovo
Municipalities
11
Government

 • Governor Stanislav Dechev
Area
[1]

 • Total 5,533.3 km2 (2,136.4 sq mi)
Population
(February 2011)[2]

 • Total 246,238
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate X
Website hs.government.bg

Haskovo Province (Bulgarian: Област Хасково - Oblast Haskovo, former name Haskovo okrug) 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 embraces a territory of 5,533.3 km²[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009[update], of 256,408 inhabitants.[2][3][4]




Contents






  • 1 Municipalities


  • 2 Population


    • 2.1 Ethnic groups


    • 2.2 Religion




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





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[update].























































































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


Population


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.[10]
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.[11]


The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:


































Haskovo Province

Year
 1946
 1956
 1965
 1975
 1985
 1992
 2001
 2005
 2007
 2009
 2011

Population
 235,248
 272,100
 287,996
 330,132
 334,584
 295,503
 277,483
 267,204
 263,019
 256,408
 246,238

Sources: National Statistical Institute,[3] „Census 2001“,[4] „Census 2011“,[2] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??


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[12]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[13]
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:[14]













































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



  • Provinces of Bulgaria

  • Municipalities of Bulgaria

  • List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

  • List of villages in Haskovo Province



References




  1. ^ ab (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. ^ abcd „pop-stat.mashke.org“


  3. ^ abcd (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009


  4. ^ abcd (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


  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. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001


  11. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine


  12. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute


  13. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)


  14. ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001



External links


  • hs.government.bg











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