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Glavinitsa (, ; also transliterated ''Glavinica'' or ''Glavinitza'') is a town in northeastern
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 ...
, part of
Silistra Province Silistra Province (, ''Oblast Silistra'') is a province of Bulgaria. Formerly known as the Silistra okrug, it is located on the northeast corner of Bulgaria. The province is part of the Southern Dobrudja region, with its largest and major city ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Glavinitsa Municipality Glavinitsa Municipality () is a municipality (''obshtina'') in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobruja, South Dobrud ...
, which lies in the southwestern part of Silistra Province, in the historical region of
Southern Dobruja Southern Dobruja or South Dobruja ( or simply , ; or , ), also the Quadrilateral (), is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising Dobrich and Silistra provinces, part of the historical region of Dobruja. It has an area of 7,412 square km an ...
. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 1,928.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
Glavinitsa is located in the eastern Danubian Plain, on the road between Dulovo and
Tutrakan Tutrakan ( , , ) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, an administrative centre of the homonymous municipality, part of Silistra Province. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian town of Oltenița (to which it was l ...
. Its old name (until 1942) was ''Asvatköy''. Glavinitsa was proclaimed a town on 5 September 1984. Glavinitsa Peak on
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in
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is named after the village.SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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Population

As of December 2018, the town of Glavinitsa has a dwindling population of 1,341 people, down from its peak of 2,583 people in 1985. The municipality of Glavinitsa has 9,897 inhabitants at the same time. ImageSize = width:400 height:200 PlotArea = left:50 right:20 top:25 bottom:30 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = late Colors = id:linegrey2 value:gray(0.9) id:linegrey value:gray(0.7) id:cobar value:rgb(0.2,0.7,0.8) id:cobar2 value:rgb(0.6,0.9,0.6) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:3000 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:0 gridcolor:linegrey ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:0 gridcolor:linegrey2 PlotData = color:cobar width:20 align:left bar:1934 from:0 till:1160 bar:1946 from:0 till:1510 bar:1956 from:0 till:1966 bar:1965 from:0 till:2208 bar:1975 from:0 till:2566 bar:1985 from:0 till:2583 bar:1992 from:0 till:2362 bar:2001 from:0 till:2065 bar:2011 from:0 till:1569 PlotData= textcolor:black fontsize:S bar:1934 at: 1160 text: 1160 shift:(-14,5) bar:1946 at: 1510 text: 1510 shift:(-14,5) bar:1956 at: 1966 text: 1966 shift:(-14,5) bar:1965 at: 2208 text: 2208 shift:(-14,5) bar:1975 at: 2566 text: 2566 shift:(-14,5) bar:1985 at: 2583 text: 2583 shift:(-14,5) bar:1992 at: 2362 text: 2362 shift:(-14,5) bar:2001 at: 2065 text: 2065 shift:(-14,5) bar:2011 at: 1569 text: 1569 shift:(-14,5) The town of Glavinitsa has a mixed population, with ethnic
Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...
constituting 64% of the population, followed by ethnic Bulgaria with 29% and
Romani people {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , po ...
with 7%.
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is the largest faith, followed by
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.


Municipality

Glavinitsa municipality includes the following 23 places: The population consists mostly of
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and
Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
. There are 5 churches, 3 chapels and 17 mosques.


Notes


External links


Glavinitsa municipality website
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Silistra Province {{Silistra-geo-stub