Alfatar Municipality () is a small municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 15 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Alfatar.
The municipality embraces a territory of Characterization of Silistra Province with a population of 3,324 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road "7" crosses the area from north to south, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Shumen and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
Alfatar Municipality includes the following 7 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) Alfatar Алфатар 1,714 Alekovo Алеково 578 Bistra Бистра 367 Chukovets Чуковец 287 Kutlovitsa Кутловица 77 Tsar Asen Цар Асен 191 Vasil Levski Васил Левски 110 Total 3,324
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Ethnic groups Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the majority of the population of Alfatar Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people in Bulgaria.
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:
Vital statistics Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 4,313 38 91 -53 8.8 21.0 -12.3 2001 3,927 29 92 -63 7.4 23.4 -16.0 2002 3,813 18 90 -72 4.7 23.6 -18.9 2003 3,725 26 95 -69 7.0 25.5 -18.5 2004 3,655 23 80 -57 6.3 21.9 -15.6 2005 3,629 18 85 -67 5.0 23.4 -18.5 2006 3,544 18 91 -73 5.1 25.7 -20.6 2007 3,451 19 74 -55 5.5 21.4 -15.9 2008 3,390 20 68 -48 5.9 20.1 -14.2 2009 3,324 34 80 -46 10.2 24.1 -13.9 2010 3,241 10 64 -54 3.1 19.7 -16.7 2011 3,020 23 64 -41 7.6 21.2 -13.6 2012 2,952 15 74 -59 5.1 25.1 -20.0 2013 2,892 14 64 -50 4.8 22.1 -17.3 2014 2,812 18 79 -61 6.4 28.1 -21.7 2015 2,761 13 65 -52 4.7 23.5 -18.8 2016 2,704 21 69 -48 7.8 25.5 -17.8 2017 2,690 23 64 -41 8.6 23.8 -15.2 2018 2,655 15 77 -62 5.6 29.0 -23.4
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website