Haskovo Province ( bg, Област Хасково - ''Oblast Haskovo'', former name ''Haskovo

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in southern

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, neighbouring

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and

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to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river

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. The province embraces a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, , of 256,408 inhabitants.
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Municipalities

The Haskovo province (Област, ''oblast'') contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, ''obshtina'' - plural: Общини, ''obshtini''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and

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, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each .

Population

The Haskovo had a

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of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001

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, of which were

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and were

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.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 256,408 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

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Ethnic groups

Total population (2011 census): 246,238
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 227,382 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 understo ...

: 180,541 (79.40%) *

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: 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 ...

: 28,444 (12.50%) *

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 ...

: 15,889 (6.99%) *Others and indefinable: 2,508 (1.10%) A further 20,000 persons in Haskovo Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001

References

External links

hs.government.bg

{{Authority control Provinces of Bulgaria