Dalgopol Municipality ( bg, Община Дългопол) 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 ( bg, Област Варна, translit=Oblast Varna), 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 inhabitants as ...
, Northeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of
Dalgopol.
The municipality embraces a territory of 442 km² 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 located in the valley of the Luda Kamchia River, 1 km from the village of Tsonevo.
The reservoir ranks third in size in Bulgaria with water service of 17300 decameters. Its old name was ''Georgi Traikov''. It ...
- the third biggest in the country, developed along the
Luda Kamchiya river which is the main tributary of
Kamchiya 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
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abra ...
and 41.7% as
Orthodox Christians belonging to the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgars ...
.
See also
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Provinces of Bulgaria
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Municipalities of Bulgaria
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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 Sofia ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Varna Province
Municipalities in Varna Province