Kaynardzha Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, bounded on the north with Romania. The Danube river is about 25 km away to the north through the Romanian territory. The area is named after its administrative centre – the village of Kaynardzha.
The municipality embraces a territory of 314.96Characterization of Silistra Province km2 with a population of 5,250 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road II-71 crosses the area from northwest to southeast, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Dobrich.
Settlements
Kaynardzha Municipality includes the following 15 places all of them villages: 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) Population (December 2016) Kaynardzha Кайнарджа 783 610 Davidovo Давидово 177 200 Dobrudzhanka Добруджанка 136 112 Golesh Голеш 1,370 1,533 Gospodinovo Господиново 40 n/a Kamentsi Каменци 47 n/a Kranovo Краново 173 89 Polkovnik Cholakovo Полковник Чолаково 217 245 Poprusanovo Попрусаново 41 n/a Posev Посев 153 166 Svetoslav Светослав 133 96 Sredishte Средище 1,318 1,363 Strelkovo Стрелково 32 n/a Voynovo Войново 180 127 Zarnik Зарник 450 496 Total 5,250 5,115
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Demographic indicators As of 2016, it is one of the few places in Bulgaria with a natural population growth: there were a total of 87 live births, while 66 people died. The crude birth rate is 17.0‰, while the crude death rate is around 12.9‰. The municipality of Kaynardzha has a total fertility rate of 2.57 children per woman, which is much higher than the average for the country (1.54 children per woman). Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 6,157 84 99 −15 13.6 16.1 −2.4 2001 5,485 89 103 −14 16.2 18.8 −2.6 2002 5,427 70 98 −28 12.9 18.1 −5.2 2003 5,419 85 102 −17 15.7 18.8 −3.1 2004 5,391 99 92 +7 18.4 17.1 +1.3 2005 5,409 79 83 −4 14.6 15.3 −0.7 2006 5,401 91 85 +6 16.8 15.7 +1.1 2007 5,367 78 71 +7 14.5 13.2 +1.3 2008 5,300 87 72 +15 16.4 13.6 +2.8 2009 5,250 89 73 +16 17.0 13.9 +3.0 2010 5,175 92 80 +12 17.8 15.5 +2.3 2011 5,059 81 93 −12 16.0 18.4 −2.4 2012 5,081 80 73 +7 15.7 14.4 +1.4 2013 5,102 95 68 +27 18.6 13.3 +5.3 2014 5,096 79 54 +25 15.5 10.6 +4.9 2015 5,107 71 61 +10 13.9 11.9 +2.0 2016 5,115 87 66 +21 17.0 12.9 +4.1 2017 5,099 80 85 −5 15.7 16.7 −1.0 2018 5,076 61 63 −2 12.0 12.4 -0.4
Ethnic groups Turks form the majority of the population of Kaynardzha Municipality. Bulgarians constitutie the largest minority, followed by a large Roma population.
Religion In 2011, about 67.8% of the total population declared to be Muslim. The municipality of Kaynardzha has the highest share of Shia people in Bulgaria: around 52% of the population declared to be Shia in the census of 2001. About 27% of the population belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Age structure The municipality of Kaynardzha has a very young population compared to other places in Bulgaria.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
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