Alfatar Municipality ( bg, Община Алфатар) is a small
municipality
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(''
obshtina'') in
Silistra Province, Northeastern
Bulgaria
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, located in the
Danubian Plain, in the area of the
South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 15 km south of
Danube river
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. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Alfatar.
The municipality embraces a territory of 248.57
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km² 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
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.
Settlements
Alfatar Municipality includes the following 7 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Ethnic groups
Ethnic
Bulgarians
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Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely unders ...
constitute the majority of the population of Alfatar Municipality, followed by ethnic
Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
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
See also
*
Provinces of Bulgaria
*
Municipalities of Bulgaria
*
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 ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Silistra Province
Municipalities in Silistra Province