# Antonovo Municipality

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 km$^2$ (182 sq mi) with a population of 6,507 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

## Settlements

(towns are shown in bold): Population (December 2009)
* Antonovo - Antonovo - 1,453
* Bankovets - Банковец - 13
* Bogomolsko - Богомолско - 29
* Bukak - Букак - 17
* Chekantsi - Чеканци - 57
* Cherna Voda - Черна вода - 79
* Cherni Bryag - Черни бряг - 161
* Devino - Девино - 54
* Dlazhka Polyana - Длъжка поляна - 62
* Dobrotitsa - Добротица - 263
* Dolna Zlatitsa - Долна Златица - 18
* Dabravitsa - Дъбравица - 10
* Glashatay - Глашатай - 32
* Golyamo Dolyane - Голямо Доляне - 8
* Gorna Zlatitsa - Горна Златица - 38
* Halvadzhiysko - Халваджийско - 14
* Izvorovo - Изворово - 417
* Kapishte - Капище - 98
* Kitino - Китино - 95
* Konop - Коноп - 138
* Kraypole - Крайполе - 0
* Krusholak - Крушолак - 45
* Kapinets - Къпинец - 1
* Kyosevtsi - Кьосевци - 95
* Lyubichevo - Любичево - 282
* Malka Cherkovna - Малка Черковна - 6
* Malogradets - Малоградец - 101
* Manushevtsi - Манушевци - 4
* Mechovo - Мечово - 5
* Milino - Милино - 29
* Moravitsa - Моравица - 190
* Moravka - Моравка - 211
* Orach - Орач - 121
* Pirinets - Пиринец - 24
* Poroyno - Поройно - 29
* Prisoyna - Присойна - 8
* Pchelno - Пчелно - 12
* Ravno Selo - Равно село - 51
* Razdeltsi - Разделци - 254
* Svirchovo - Свирчово - 28
* Svoboditsa - Свободица - 30
* Semertsi - Семерци - 231
* Slanchovets - Слънчовец - 1
* Stara Rechka - Стара речка - 21
* Starchishte - Старчище - 102
* Stevrek - Стеврек - 415
* Stoynovo - Стойново - 38
* Stroynovtsi - Стройновци - 11
* Shishkovitsa - Шишковица - 39
* Taymishte - Таймище - 186
* Tihovets - Тиховец - 3
* Treskavets - Трескавец - 595
* Velikovtsi - Великовци - 80
* Velyovo - Вельово - 92
* Yazovets - Язовец - 10
* Yarebichno - Яребично - 6
* Yastrebino - Ястребино - 72

## Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Antonovo Municipality :
| 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, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |||||||||

### 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 |
| Bulgarians | 1660 | 28% |
| Turks | 2975 | 50.1% |
| Roma (Gypsy) | 1212 | 20.4% |
| Other | 7 | 0.1% |
| Undeclared | 84 | 1.4% |

#### Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Religious composition of Antonovo Municipality
Orthodox Christianity
27.1%
Catholicism
0.1%
Protestantism
0.2%
Islam
56.1%
No religion
2.0%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
14.5% :