Kardzhali Province

Kardzhali Province (, transliteratit Oblast Kardjali) is a province o soothren Bulgarie, neebourin Greece wi the Greek regional units o Xanthi, Rhodope an Evros tae the sooth an east. Kardzhali Province aurie is 3209.1 km². Its main ceety is Kardzhali.

History
The territory o Kardzhali province wis acquired bi Bulgarie durin the First Balkan War in 1912. In 1913 the region wis organizit as the destrict (окръг, okrag in Bulgarie) o Mestanli. This destrict wis pairt o Stara Zagora province frae 1934 till 1949,http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino then it wis transferred tae the newly formit Haskovo destrict. In 1959 Kardzhali became the centre o a new destrict wi seemilar borders tae the current province. Atween 1987 an 1999, the region wis pairt o Haskovo Province, efter which it wis restored, nou as a province an wi slichtly chyngit borders.

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

 Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services Toun/Veelage Pop. Ardino Ардино 13,766 Ardino 4,368 Chernoochene Черноочене 10,132 Chernoochene 335 Dzhebel Джебел 9,012 Dzhebel 3,288 Kardzhali Кърджали 75,525 Kardzhali 50,482 Kirkovo Кирково 22,833 Kirkovo 719 Krumovgrad Крумовград 20,517 Krumovgrad 5,475 Momchilgrad Момчилград 19,327 Momchilgrad 9,187

Touns an veelages
The population data an figurs are o December 15, 2004
Abramovo (pop: 94)
Ahrisko (pop: 127, elev: 680 m, postal code: 6761)

Demographics
The Kardzhali province haed a population o 149,661 accordin tae the 2011 census, o which  wur male an  wur female.„pop-stat.mashke.org“ Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census  „WorldCityPopulation“ Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex  from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011

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

Releegion
In the 2001 census, 149,839 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd ane o the follaein as thair releegion (wi percentage o tot population): 
35,265 Orthodox Christian (), 114,217 Muslim (), 197 Roman Catholic (), 
89 Protestant (), 
an 71 ither (). Population to 01.03.2001 by Region and Religion from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

Leid
In the 2001 census, 160,167 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd ane o the follaein as thair mither tongue (wi percentage o tot population): 
101,548 Turkis (), 
57,046 Bulgarie (), 
1,171 Roma (Gypsy) (), 
an 402 ither (). Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

Ethnic groups
In the 2001 census, 158,704 fowk frae Kardzhali province identifee'd thairsels as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o tot population): Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

 Ethnic group  Population  Percentage Bulgaries  55,939   Turks  101,116   Roma (Gypsy)  1,264   Roushies  234   Armenies  41   Vlachs  -  0.000% Macedonies  7   Greeks  21   Ukrainians  20   Jews   1   Romanies  1   Ither  60  

References

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


Category:Provinces o Bulgarie