Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана,
transliterated
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: ''Oblast Montana'') is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
in northwestern
Bulgaria
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, bordering
Serbia
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in the southwest and
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
in the north. It spreads its area between the
Danube river
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and the
Balkan Mountains
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. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants,
[National Statistical Institute - Census 2011](_blank)
/ref> on territory of . It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
.
Municipalities
The Montana province (Област, ''oblast'') contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, ''obshtina'' - plural: Общини, ''obshtini''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and in Cyrillic
The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking co ...
, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2011.
Population
The Montana province had a population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...
of 148,098 according to a 2011 census
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, of which were male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization.
A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...
and were female
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Fema ...
.[Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex]
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As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009]
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II
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:
Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 148 098
Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 143 467 persons:
*Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely underst ...
: 123 820 (86,31%)
*Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
: 18 228 (12,71%)
*Others and indefinable: 1 248 (0,87%)
In the 2001 census, 181,175 people of the population of 182,258 of Montana Province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):[Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group]
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Language
In the 2001 census, 181,208 people of the population of 182,258 of Montana Province identified one of the following as their mother tongue
A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tong ...
(with percentage of total population):
160,494 Bulgarian (),
19,849 Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
(),
220 Turkish (),
and 645 other ().[Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue]
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Religion
In the 2011 census, 136,175 people of the population of 148,098 of Montana Province identified one of the following as their religion
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:
In the 2001 census, 172,358 people of the population of 182,258 of Montana Province identified one of the following as their religion
Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatur ...
:[Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001]
Towns and villages
The place names in bold have the status of town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as ''grad''). Other localities have the status of village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as ''selo''). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
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, Montana Region/District
at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian
Cyrillic alphabet
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
, fam3 = Phoenician
, fam4 = Gr ...
which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Berkovitsa (Берковица)
The Berkovitsa municipality has one town (in bold) and 19 villages:
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Balyuvitsa (
Балювица)
*
Barzia (
Бързия)
*
Berkovitsa (
Берковица)
*
Bistrilitsa (
Бистрилица)
*
Bokilovtsi (
Бокиловци)
*
Borovtsi (
Боровци)
*
Gaganitsa (
Гаганица)
*
Komarevo (
Комарево)
*
Kostentsi (
Костенци)
*
Kotenovtsi (
Котеновци)
*
Leskovets (
Лесковец)
*
Mezdreya (
Мездрея)
*
Parlichevo (
Пърличево)
*
Pesochnitsa (
Песочница)
*
Rashovitsa (
Рашовица)
*
Slatina (
Слатина)
*
Chereshovitsa (
Черешовица)
*
Tsvetkova bara (
Цветкова бара)
*
Yagodovo (
Ягодово)
*
Zamfirovo (
Замфирово)
Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци)
The Boychinovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and 12 villages:
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Beli breg (
Бели брег)
*
Beli brod (
Бели брод)
*
Boychinovtsi (
Бойчиновци)
*
Erden
Erden is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Erden lies on the Moselle� ...
(
Ерден)
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Gromshin (
Громшин)
*
Kobilyak (
Кобиляк)
*
Lehchevo (
Лехчево)
*
Madan (
Мадан)
*
Marchevo (
Мърчево)
*
Ohrid
Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...
(
Охрид)
*
Palilula (
Палилула)
*
Portitovtsi (
Портитовци)
*
Vladimirovo (
Владимирово)
Brusartsi (Брусарци)
The Brusartsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:
*
Bukovets (
Буковец)
*
Brusartsi (
Брусарци)
*
Dabova mahala (
Дъбова махала)
*
Dondukovo (
Дондуково)
*
Kiselevo (
Киселево)
*
Knyazheva mahala (
Княжева махала)
*
Kriva bara (
Крива бара)
*
Odorovtsi (
Одоровци)
*
Smirnenski (
Смирненски)
*
Vasilovtsi (
Василовци)
Chiprovtsi (Чипровци)
The Chiprovtsi municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:
*
Belimel (
Белимел)
*
Chelyustnitsa (
Челюстница)
*
Chiprovtsi (
Чипровци)
*
Gorna Kovachitsa (
Горна Ковачица)
*
Gorna Luka (
Горна Лука)
*
Martinovo (
Мартиново)
*
Mitrovtsi (
Митровци)
*
Prevala (
Превала)
*
Ravna (
Равна)
*
Zhelezna (
Железна)
Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново)
The Georgi Damyanovo municipality has 13 villages:
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Chemish (
Чемиш)
*
Dalgi del
Dalgi Del is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on ...
(
Дълги дел)
*
Diva Slatina
Diva Slatina is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated ...
(
Дива Слатина)
*
Elovitsa (
Еловица)
*
Gavril Genovo
Gavril Genovo ( bg, Гаврил Геново) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province. It was formed in 1955 through the merger of Sotochino and Ilitsa (pre-1934 Sarblyanitsa). It was named af ...
(
Гаврил Геново)
*
Georgi Damyanovo (
Георги Дамяново)
*
Glavanovtsi (
Главановци)
*
Govezhda
Govezhda is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on ...
(
Говежда)
*
Kamenna Riksa
Kamenna Riksa is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated ...
(
Каменна Рикса)
*
Kopilovtsi (
Копиловци)
*
Melyane
Melyane is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on th ...
(
Меляне)
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Pomezhdin
Pomezhdin is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on ...
(
Помеждин)
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Vidlitsa
Vidlitsa is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on ...
(
Видлица)
Lom (Лом)
The Lom municipality has one town (in bold) and nine villages:
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Dobri dol (
Добри дол)
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Dolno Linevo (
Долно Линево)
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Kovachitsa (
Ковачица)
*
Lom (
Лом)
*
Orsoya (
Орсоя)
*
Slivata (
Сливата)
*
Staliyska mahala (
Сталийска махала)
*
Stanevo (
Станево)
*
Traykovo
Traykovo ( bg, Трайково) is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.
It is located in Lom Municipality, Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана, transliterated: ''Oblast Montana'') is a province in northwestern B ...
(
Трайково)
*
Zamfir
Zamfir is both a Romanian given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Cristina Zamfir (born 1989), Romanian handballer
* Gheorghe Zamfir (born 1941), Romanian pan-flute musician
* Mircea Zamfir (born 1985), Romanian gym ...
(
Замфир)
Medkovets (Медковец)
The Medkovets municipality has five villages:
*
Asparuhovo (
Аспарухово)
*
Medkovets (
Медковец)
*
Pishurka (
Пишурка)
*
Rasovo (
Расово)
*
Slivovik (
Сливовик)
Montana (Монтана)
The Montana municipality has one town (in bold) and 23 villages:
*
Belotintsi (
Белотинци)
*
Bezdenitsa (
Безденица)
*
Blagovo (
Благово)
*
Doktor Yosifovo
Doktor Yosifovo is a village in Montana Municipality, Montana Province, western Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the easte ...
(
Доктор Йосифово)
*
Dolna Riksa (
Долна Рикса)
*
Dolna Verenitsa (
Долна Вереница)
*
Dolno Belotintsi (
Долно Белотинци)
*
Gabrovnitsa (
Габровница)
*
Gorna Verenitsa (
Горна Вереница)
*
Gorno Tserovene
Gorno Tserovene is a village in Montana Municipality, Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the ...
(
Горно Церовене)
*
Klisuritsa (
Клисурица)
*
Krapchene (
Крапчене)
*
Lipen (
Липен)
*
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
(
Монтана)
*
Nikolovo (
Николово)
*
Slavotin (
Славотин)
*
Smolyanovtsi (
Смоляновци)
*
Stubel (
Стубел)
*
Studeno buche (
Студено буче)
*
Sumer
Sumer () is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is one of the cradles of ...
(
Сумер)
*
Trifonovo (
Трифоново)
*
Vinište (
Винище)
*
Virove (
Вирове)
*
Voynitsi (
Войници)
Valchedram (Вълчедръм)
The Valchedram municipality has one town (in bold) and ten villages:
*
Botevo (
Ботево)
*
Buzovets (
Бъзовец)
*
Cherni vrakh (
Черни връх)
*
(
Долни Цибър)
*
Gorni Tsibar
Gorni Tsibar is a village in Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the ...
(
Горни Цибър)
*
Ignatovo
Ignatovo is a village in Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the east ...
(
Игнатово)
*
Mokresh (
Мокреш)
*
Razgrad (
Разград)
*
Septemvriytsi (
Септемврийци)
*
Valchedram (
Вълчедръм)
*
Zlatiya (
Златия)
Varshets (Вършец)
The Varshets municipality has one town (in bold), eight villages and one monastery (which has official status as a locality
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Bulgarian ''Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services''
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* Cherkaski ( Черкаски)
* Dolna Bela Rechka ( Долна Бела речка)
* Dolno Ozirovo ( Долно Озирово)
* Draganitsa ( Драганица)
* ''Klisurski Monastery
Klisurski Monastery ( bg, Клисурски манастир, transliterated: ''Klisurski manastir'') of " St. Cyril and St. Methodius," also known as Klisura Monastery, '' ( Клисурски манастир)
* Gorna Bela Rechka ( Горна Бела речка)
* Gorno Ozirovo ( Горно Озирово)
* Spanchevtsi ( Спанчевци)
* Stoyanovo ( Стояново)
* Varshets
Varshets ( bg, Вършец, variously transliterated; ) is a spa town in Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Varshets Municipality. As of December 2019, its population is 5,444. The town ...
( Вършец)
Yakimovo (Якимово)
The Yakimovo municipality has four villages:
* Dalgodeltsi
Dalgodeltsi ( bg, Дългоделци, also transliterated as Dulgodeltsi[Villa ...](_blank)
( Дългоделци)
* Dolno Tserovene
Dolno Tserovene ( bg, Долно Церовене) is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.
It is located in Yakimovo Municipality, Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана, transliterated: ''Oblast Montana'') is a prov ...
( Долно Церовене)
* Komoshtitsa
Komoshtitsa ( bg, Комощица) is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria.
It is located in Yakimovo Municipality, Montana Province.
See also
* List of villages in Montana Province
External linksThe Britons who swap the UK for the poorest part ...
( Комощица)
* Yakimovo
Yakimovo ( bg, Якимово, ; also transliterated ''Jakimovo'' or ''Iakimovo'') is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province. It is the administrative centre of Yakimovo Municipality, which lies in the northern part of Monta ...
( Якимово)
See also
*Provinces of Bulgaria
The provinces of Bulgaria ( bg, области на България, oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country.
Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( bg, области, links=no ...
*Municipalities of Bulgaria
The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 265 municipalities (община, ''obshtina''). Municipalities typically comprise multiple towns, villages and settlements and are governed by a mayor who is elected by popular majority vote for a ...
*List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The largest city is Sofia ...
* List of towns and villages in Montana Province
References
External links
Information and map
{{Authority control
Provinces of Bulgaria