Dulovo Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 25 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Dulovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 566.33Characterization of Silistra Province km2 with a population of 28,860 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road I-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
Dulovo Municipality includes the following 27 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) Dulovo Дулово 6,621 Boil Боил 954 Cherkovna Черковна 599 Chernolik Чернолик 1,425 Chernik Черник 2,299 Dolets Долец 533 Grancharovo Грънчарово 505 Kozyak Козяк 362 Kolobar Колобър 532 Mezhden Межден 691 Oven Овен 1,011 Okorsh Окорш 1,617 Oreshene Орешене 399 Paisievo Паисиево 870 Polkovnik Taslakovo Полковник Таслаково 435 Poroyno Поройно 1,248 Pravda Правда 1,664 Prohlada Прохлада 250 Razdel Раздел 624 Ruyno Руйно 857 Sekulovo Секулово 920 Skala Скала 212 Vodno Водно 921 Vokil Вокил 1,227 Varbino Върбино 100 Yarebitsa Яребица 1,357 Zlatoklas Златоклас 627 Total 28,860
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Dulovo Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Okorsh and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Ethnic groups Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Dulovo, followed by Bulgarians and Roma people.
Religious composition According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Most inhabitants are Muslim, followed by Christians.
Demographic indicators The municipality of Dulovo has a relatively good demographic structure compared to other areas in Bulgaria, although the situation is becoming worse.
Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 32,880 337 431 −94 10.2 13.1 −2.9 2001 30,443 346 430 −84 11.4 14.1 −2.8 2002 30,150 297 420 −123 9.9 13.9 −4.1 2003 30,079 349 379 −30 11.6 12.6 −1.0 2004 29,893 326 392 −66 10.9 13.1 −2.2 2005 29,677 298 407 −109 10.0 13.7 −3.7 2006 29,473 304 435 −131 10.3 14.8 −4.4 2007 29,200 304 405 −101 10.4 13.9 −3.5 2008 28,956 344 407 −63 11.9 14.1 −2.2 2009 28,860 366 372 −6 12.7 12.9 −0.2 2010 28,634 333 382 −49 11.6 13.3 −1.7 2011 28,259 282 376 −94 10.0 13.2 −3.3 2012 28,215 329 399 −70 11.7 14.1 −2.5 2013 28,077 267 329 −62 9.5 11.7 −2.2 2014 27,963 302 409 −107 10.8 14.6 −3.8 2015 27,857 305 395 −90 10.9 14.2 −3.2 2016 27,643 282 398 −116 10.2 14.4 −4.2 2017 27,506 281 365 −84 10.2 13.3 −3.1 2018 27,403 248 410 -162 9.1 15.0 -5.9
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website