Tutrakan Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tutrakan.
The municipality embraces a territory of 448.35Characterization of Silistra Province km² with a population of 16,920 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road 21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.
Settlements
Tutrakan Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Tutrakan Тутракан 9,476 Antimovo Антимово 60 Belitsa Белица 612 Brenitsa Бреница 234 Dunavets Дунавец 20 Nova Cherna Нова Черна 1,763 Pozharevo Пожарево 129 Preslavtsi Преславци 574 Staro Selo Старо село 997 Shumentsi Шуменци 548 Syanovo Сяново 112 Tarnovtsi Търновци 447 Tsar Samuil Цар Самуил 1,486 Tsarev Dol Царев дол 81 Varnentsi Варненци 381 Total 16,920
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Ethnic groups Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the largest ethnic group in Tutrakan Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people.
Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website