Plovdiv Province

Plovdiv Province ( - Oblast Plovdiv, umwhile name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central soothren Bulgarie. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, obshtini, sing. община, obshtina) on a territory o 5,972.9 km² Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 701,684 indwallers. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009  „WorldCityPopulation“„pop-stat.mashke.org“ The province is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre - the ceety o Plovdiv.

 Geography 
It includes pairts o the Upper Thracie Plain, the Rhodopes, Sredna Gora, the Sub-Balkan valleys an Stara Planina, includin its heichest peak Botev (2, 376m). The main rivers in the province are Maritsa, Stryama, Pyasachnik. Thare are numerous dams, the maist important o which is Pyasachnik. Mineral springs are abundant, thare are several major spa resorts- Hisarya, Narechen, Banya an minor spas at Klisura, Asenovgrad, Kuklen, Rosino, Krasnovo, Stoletovo an ithers. Thare are mony naitural laundmerks, especially in the Central Balkan National Park, includin the spectacular watterfaw Raysko Praskalo, the heichest in the Balkans.

Municipalities
The Plovdiv province (Област, oblast) contains 18 municipalitiesOblast Haskovo , official website (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an Cyrillic, the main toun or veelage (touns are shawn in bauld), an the population o each as o December 2009.

 Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Toun/Veelage Pop. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 „pop-stat.mashke.org“ Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009 Asenovgrad Асеновград 65,222 Asenovgrad 51,499 Brezovo Брезово 7,943 Brezovo 1,886 Hisarya Хисаря 13,113 Hisarya 7,410 Kaloyanovo Калояново 12,402 Kaloyanovo 2,417 Karlovo Карлово 54,925 Karlovo 25,149 Krichim Кричим 8,590 Krichim 8,590 Kuklen Куклен 6,540 Kuklen 5,896 Laki Лъки 3,387 Laki 2,491 Maritsa (Plovdiv rural) Марица 31,447 Plovdiv see ablo Perushtitsa Перущица 5,194 Perushtitsa 5,194 Plovdiv (ceety) Пловдив 348,465 Plovdiv 348,465 Parvomay  Първомай 27,813 Parvomay 13,984 Rakovski Раковски 26,683 Rakovski 15,265 Rodopi (Plovdiv rural) Родопи 32,286 Plovdiv see abuin Sadovo  Садово 15,714 Sadovo 2,507 Sopot Сопот 10,354 Sopot 9,299 Stamboliyski  Стамболийски 20,879 Stamboliyski 11,721 Saedinenie Съединение 11,193 Saedinenie 6,050

 Touns 

The province's caipital is the ceety o lovdiv, ither touns include Karlovo, Sopot, Klisura, Kalofer, Hisarya, Saedinenie, Rakovski, Brezovo, Stamboliyski, Krichim, Perushtitsa, Sadovo, Parvomay, Asenovgrad, Laki, Katunica, Yiagodovo.

Demografie

The Plovdiv province haed a population o 715,904 (715,816 an aw gien) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which  wur male an  wur female. Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 701,684 o which  are indwallers aged ower 60 years. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

Releegion

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census: Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
 Census 2001 releegious adherence   population % Orthodox Christians 608,226	 	  	    84.97%	 	  Muslims 62,5958.74% Roman Catholics 23,1223.23% Protestants 3,9130.55% Ither 4,412 	0.62% Releegion no mentioned 13,548 	1.89% tot 715,816	100%

 Economy 
The economy o the province is o great importance. The agricultural production is intensive an efficient wi heich levels o irrigation. The major crops are fruit (aiples, ploums, peirs, cherries), grapes, melons an watermelons, vegetables (tomataes, peppers, carrots, cabbitch, potatoes), wheat, rice, baurley an others. The industry is verra well developed: ferrous metallurgy near Plovdiv; thriving electronics industry in Plovdiv, Saedinenie, Voivodinovo, Radinovo an ither villages in the aurie; agricultural machinery (tractors) in Karlovo, wappen an military plants in Sopot, Karlovo, Plovdiv; chemical industry in Plovdiv, Asenovgrad; fuid industry is developed awmaist awplace, maist notably in Plovdiv an Asenovgrad (wines). Tourism is a growin industry wi the rich cultural heritage o the province an the mony mineral springs which are o internaitional importance.

See an aw
Provinces o Bulgarie
Leet o veelages in Plovdiv Province

References



Category:Provinces o Bulgarie