# Kaynardzha Municipality

Kaynardzha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кайнарджа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, bounded on the north with Romania. The Danube river is about 25 km away to the north through the Romanian territory. The area is named after its administrative centre – the village of Kaynardzha.
The municipality embraces a territory of 314.96 km$^2$ with a population of 5,250 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The main road II-71 crosses the area from northwest to southeast, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Dobrich.

## Settlements

Kaynardzha Municipality includes the following 15 places all of them villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) | Population (December 2016) |
| Kaynardzha | Кайнарджа | 783 | 610 |
| Davidovo | Давидово | 177 | 200 |
| Dobrudzhanka | Добруджанка | 136 | 112 |
| Golesh | Голеш | 1,370 | 1,533 |
| Gospodinovo | Господиново | 40 | n/a |
| Kamentsi | Каменци | 47 | n/a |
| Kranovo | Краново | 173 | 89 |
| Polkovnik Cholakovo | Полковник Чолаково | 217 | 245 |
| Poprusanovo | Попрусаново | 41 | n/a |
| Posev | Посев | 153 | 166 |
| Svetoslav | Светослав | 133 | 96 |
| Sredishte | Средище | 1,318 | 1,363 |
| Strelkovo | Стрелково | 32 | n/a |
| Voynovo | Войново | 180 | 127 |
| Zarnik | Зарник | 450 | 496 |
| Total | | 5,250 | 5,115 |

## Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Kaynardzha Municipality :
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 8,487 | 6,467 | 6,128 | 5,467 | 5,409 | 5,367 | 5,250 | 5,070 |
| Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |||||||||

### Demographic indicators

As of 2016, it is one of the few places in Bulgaria with a natural population growth: there were a total of 87 live births, while 66 people died. The crude birth rate is 17.0‰, while the crude death rate is around 12.9‰. The municipality of Kaynardzha has a total fertility rate of 2.57 children per woman, which is much higher than the average for the country (1.54 children per woman).
| | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) |
| 2000 | 6,157 | 84 | 99 | −15 | 13.6 | 16.1 | −2.4 |
| 2001 | 5,485 | 89 | 103 | −14 | 16.2 | 18.8 | −2.6 |
| 2002 | 5,427 | 70 | 98 | −28 | 12.9 | 18.1 | −5.2 |
| 2003 | 5,419 | 85 | 102 | −17 | 15.7 | 18.8 | −3.1 |
| 2004 | 5,391 | 99 | 92 | +7 | 18.4 | 17.1 | +1.3 |
| 2005 | 5,409 | 79 | 83 | −4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | −0.7 |
| 2006 | 5,401 | 91 | 85 | +6 | 16.8 | 15.7 | +1.1 |
| 2007 | 5,367 | 78 | 71 | +7 | 14.5 | 13.2 | +1.3 |
| 2008 | 5,300 | 87 | 72 | +15 | 16.4 | 13.6 | +2.8 |
| 2009 | 5,250 | 89 | 73 | +16 | 17.0 | 13.9 | +3.0 |
| 2010 | 5,175 | 92 | 80 | +12 | 17.8 | 15.5 | +2.3 |
| 2011 | 5,059 | 81 | 93 | −12 | 16.0 | 18.4 | −2.4 |
| 2012 | 5,081 | 80 | 73 | +7 | 15.7 | 14.4 | +1.4 |
| 2013 | 5,102 | 95 | 68 | +27 | 18.6 | 13.3 | +5.3 |
| 2014 | 5,096 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 15.5 | 10.6 | +4.9 |
| 2015 | 5,107 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 13.9 | 11.9 | +2.0 |
| 2016 | 5,115 | 87 | 66 | +21 | 17.0 | 12.9 | +4.1 |
| 2017 | 5,099 | 80 | 85 | −5 | 15.7 | 16.7 | −1.0 |
| 2018 | 5,076 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 12.0 | 12.4 | -0.4 |

### Ethnic groups

Turks form the majority of the population of Kaynardzha Municipality. Bulgarians constitutie the largest minority, followed by a large Roma population.
Ethnic groups in Kaynardzha Municipality (2011 census) :
| Ethnic group | Ethnic group | Percentage | Percentage |
| Bulgarians | Bulgarians | 30.1% | 30.1% |
| Turks | Turks | 53.7% | 53.7% |
| Roma | Roma | 15.5% | 15.5% |
| others and indefinable | others and indefinable | 0.7% | 0.7% |

### Religion

In 2011, about 67.8% of the total population declared to be Muslim. The municipality of Kaynardzha has the highest share of Shia people in Bulgaria: around 52% of the population declared to be Shia in the census of 2001. About 27% of the population belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Population of Kaynardzha (municipality) by religion
Muslims
67.8%
Orthodox
27.4%
No religion
2.3%
Protestants
0.1%
prefer not to answer
2.2% :

### Age structure

The municipality of Kaynardzha has a very young population compared to other places in Bulgaria.