Sofia Province

Sofia Province (, Sofiyska oblast) is a province (oblast) o Bulgarie. The province daes no include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains its admeenistrative center. The province borders on the provinces o Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Lovech, Vratsa, Montana an "Sofia-Capital" (which is in a separate oblast, see Sofia Admeenistration), tae the northwast thare is mairch wi Serbie.

The province haes a territory o 7 059 km² an haes 254,996 indwallers. The land is predominantly muntainous. Tae the north are the soothren slopes o the Balkan Muntains an tae the sooth rises Rila wi the heichest pynt in the peninsular Musala. Thare are an aw several smawer muntains an spacious valleys. Ane o the maist important ski resorts in Bulgarie, Borovets, is locatit here close tae Samokov.

Industry is well developit. Minin an ferrous metallurgy are the backbone o the economy wi the lairgest copper refinery in Sooth Eastren Europe in Pirdop an important copper mines at Chelopech an Etropole. Machinery is well developit in Botevgrad (buses, caur components, electronics), Pravets (computers), Etropole, Samokov, Elin Pelin, Ihtiman, Slivnitsa, Godech. The centre o fuid an succar industry is Svoge.  This is an aw the birthplace o bass/baritone opera sangster an muisicker Boris Damianov.

 Municipalities 
The Sofia province (Област, oblast) contains 22 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis, Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o 2009.

 Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Population Chart as of 15 March 2009 from Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services Toun/Veelage Pop. Anton Антон 1,650 Anton 1,650 Botevgrad Ботевград 36,183 Botevgrad 23,694 Bozhurishte Божурище 6,735 Bozhurishte 4,829 Chavdar Чавдар 1,252 Chavdar 1,252 Chelopech Челопеч 1,571 Chelopech 1,571 Dolna Banya Долна баня 4,917 Dolna Banya 4,917 Dragoman Драгоман 5,373 Dragoman 3,541 Elin Pelin Елин Пелин 22,015 Elin Pelin 7,293 Etropole Етрополе 13,773 Etropole 12,078 Godech Годеч 5,670 Godech 4,783 Gorna Malina Горна Малина 5,668 Gorna Malina 1,357 Ihtiman Ихтиман 18,903 Ihtiman 14,571 Koprivshtitsa Копривщица 2,547 Koprivshtitsa 2,547 Kostenets Костенец 14,154 Kostenets 7,762 Kostinbrod Костинброд 16,145 Kostinbrod 11,523 Mirkovo Мирково 2,534 Mirkovo 1,707 Pirdop Пирдоп 9,217 Pirdop 8,361 Pravets Правец 7,919 Pravets 4,440 Samokov Самоков 41,544 Samokov 30,085 Slivnitsa Сливница 9,511 Slivnitsa 7,790 Svoge Своге 22,557 Svoge 8,741 Zlatitsa Златица 6,274 Zlatitsa 5,529

 Demografie 

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

The province haed a population o 273 252 (an aw gien as 273,240) 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

 Releegion 

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census: Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
 Census 2001 religious adherence population % Orthodox Christians 261 996  Muslims 3 368  Roman Catholics 186  Protestants 2 320  Ither 1027  Releegion no mentioned 4 343  tot 273,240100%

 Ethnic groups 
Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census: Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
253 536 Bulgaries (),
16 748 Roma (Gypsy) ()
an 2956 ithers an unspecifeed ().

 References 

 See an aw 
Provinces o Bulgarie
Municipalities o Bulgarie
Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
Leet o veelages in Sofia Province

Category:Provinces o Bulgarie