Silistra Province

Silistra Province (, transliteratit Oblast Silistra, umwhile name Silistra okrug) is a province o Bulgarie, namit efter its main ceety - Silistra. It is dividit intae seiven municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 127,659. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009  „WorldCityPopulation“„pop-stat.mashke.org“

Silistra Province is a tradeetionally agricultural province, mainly acause o its fertile sile. The province is kent for its pelicans an apricot brandy.

Besides the admeenistrative centre, ither municipalities are Alfatar, Dulovo, Glavinitsa, Kaynardzha, Sitovo, an Tutrakan.

Municipalities

The Silistra Province contains 7 municipalities (). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, 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“AlfatarАлфатар 3,324Alfatar 1,714GlavinitsaГлавиница 12,610Glavinitsa 1,928DulovoДулово 28,860Dulovo 6,621KaynardzhaКайнарджа 5,250Kaynardzha 783SilistraСилистра 54,885Silistra 37,837SitovoСитово 5,810Sitovo 847TutrakanТутракан 16,920Tutrakan 9,476

Demografie

The Silistra province haed a population o 142,000 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 Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659 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 83,969	 	  	    59.13%	 	  Muslims 54,17438.15% Roman Catholics 196 0.14% Protestants 303	0.21% Ither 553 	0.39% Releegion nae mentioned 2,805 	1.98% tot 142,000	100%

See an aw
Provinces o Bulgaria
Leet o veelages in Silistra Province

References


Category:Provinces o Bulgarie