Glavinitsa Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Glavinitsa.
The municipality embraces a territory of Characterization of Silistra Province with a population of 12,610 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road II-21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.
Settlements
Glavinitsa Municipality includes the following 23 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) Glavinitsa Главиница 1,928 Bashtino Бащино 167 Bogdantsi Богданци 699 Chernogor Черногор 451 Dichevo Дичево 471 Dolno Ryahovo Долно Ряхово 405 Kalugerene Калугерене 551 Kolarovo Коларово 369 Kosara Косара 213 Listets Листец 583 Malak Preslavets Малък Преславец 365 Nozharevo Ножарево 572 Osen Осен 144 Padina Падина 415 Podles Подлес 187 Sokol Сокол 353 Kosara Стефан Караджа 1,031 Suhodol Суходол 775 Valkan Вълкан 383 Zaritsa Зарица 446 Zafirovo Зафирово 933 Zvenimir Звенимир 454 Zebil Зебил 715 Total 12,610
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Glavinitsa Municipality has comprised the former municipality of General Zafirovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Ethnic groups Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Glavinitsa Municipality, followed by a large Bulgarian minority and a small Roma community.
Demographic indicators The municipality of Glavinitsa is losing many inhabitants. Last decade, the number of births decreased slightly while the number of deaths increased significantly. Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰) 2000 14,662 126 203 −77 8.6 13.8 −5.3 2001 13,743 126 201 −75 9.2 14.6 −5.5 2002 13,693 114 244 −130 8.3 17.8 −9.5 2003 13,564 118 201 −83 8.7 14.8 −6.1 2004 13,400 91 184 −93 6.8 13.7 −6.9 2005 13,298 110 193 −83 8.3 14.5 −6.2 2006 13,077 93 201 −108 7.1 15.4 8.3 2007 12,959 122 203 −81 9.4 15.7 −6.3 2008 12,767 116 209 −93 9.1 16.4 −7.3 2009 12,610 122 162 −40 9.7 12.8 −3.2 2010 12,445 98 184 −86 7.9 14.8 −6.9 2011 10,797 95 198 −103 8.8 18.3 −9.5 2012 10,642 96 208 −112 9.0 19.5 −10.5 2013 10,553 103 171 −68 9.8 16.2 −6.4 2014 10,407 93 202 −109 8.9 19.4 −10.5 2015 10,360 98 197 99 9.5 19.0 −9.6 2016 10,243 91 166 −75 8.9 16.2 −7.3 2017 10,085 82 169 −87 8.1 16.8 −8.6 2018 9,897 73 206 -133 7.4 20.8 -13.4
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