Dalgopol Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
(''
obshtina'') in
Varna Province
Varna Province (), formerly known as Varna okrug, is a province in eastern Bulgaria, one of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities with a population of 494,216 as of April 2016.[Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...]
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Dalgopol
Dalgopol (, ; also transliterated ''Dǎlgopol'') is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Dalgopol Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province. As of December 2009, the to ...
.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,364 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
The area contains the
Tsonevo Reservoir
Tsonevo Reservoir () is a reservoir in eastern Bulgaria, located in the valley of the river Luda Kamchiya. Administratively, it lies in Dalgopol Municipality of Varna Province. In 1975 it was named after the politician Georgi Traykov, a longtime ...
- the third biggest in the country, developed along the
Luda Kamchiya
Luda Kamchiya ( , ) is river in eastern Bulgaria, the main tributary of the river Kamchiya. Reaching 201 km, it is longer than the main stem of the Kamchiya, the Golyama Kamchiya (199 km), and is the tenth longest river in the country.
...
river which is the main tributary of
Kamchiya
The Kamchiya (also Kamchia and Kamčija, ) is a river in eastern Bulgaria. From its longest source, Golyama Kamchiya (Big Kamchiya), it has a total length of (. The river Kamchiya proper starts from the confluence of the two rivers springing ...
river that crosses the municipality from west to east.
Settlements
Dalgopol Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
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:
The municipality of Dalgopol has a mixed religious composition. At the 2011 census, 49.5% of respondents identified as
Muslims
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and 41.7% as
Orthodox Christians belonging to the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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.
See also
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Provinces of Bulgaria
A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''prov ...
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Municipalities of Bulgaria
The 28 Provinces of Bulgaria, 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 popul ...
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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 Sof ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Varna Province
Municipalities in Varna Province