Haskovo Province (; former name Haskovo okrug) is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre: the city of Haskovo. The province has a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, , of 256,408 inhabitants.„pop-stat.mashke.org“ Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 „WorldCityPopulation“
Municipalities
The Haskovo province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalitiesOblast Haskovo , official website (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each .
Municipality Cyrillic Pop. Town/Village 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 Dimitrovgrad Димитровград 56,882 Dimitrovgrad 39,510 Harmanli Харманли 25,711 Harmanli 18,557 Haskovo Хасково 96,499 Haskovo 77,050 Ivaylovgrad Ивайловград 6,761 Ivaylovgrad 3,756 Lyubimets Любимец 10,400 Lyubimets 7,670 Madzharovo Маджарово 1,800 Madzharovo 590 Mineralni Bani Минерални бани 6,542 Mineralni Bani 1,303 Simeonovgrad Симеоновград 9,371 Simeonovgrad 7,049 Stambolovo Стамболово 6,122 Stambolovo 609 Svilengrad Свиленград 24,142 Svilengrad 18,132 Topolovgrad Тополовград 12,178 Topolovgrad 5,730
Demographics The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female. Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 246,238 Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute Ethnic groups (2011 census):Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Identified themselves: 227,382 persons: Bulgarians: 180,541 (79.40%) Turks: 28,444 (12.50%) Romani: 15,889 (6.99%) Others and indefinable: 2,508 (1.10%) A further 20,000 persons in Haskovo Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Census 2001 religious adherence population % Orthodox Christians 227,593 82.03% Muslims 33,78012.17% Protestants 1,8460.67% Roman Catholics 426 0.15% Other 1,833 0.66% Religion not mentioned 12,000 4.32% total 277,478 100%
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria List of villages in Haskovo Province
References
External links Official provincial website