Kalipetrovo, previously named Stanchevo, is a village located in
Silistra Municipality
Silistra Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river, in the Danubian Plain, bounded by Romania to the northeast and north beyond the river. It is na ...
in north-eastern
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 ...
. Its area is 48.574 kilometers squared, making it the second largest village in the district. A census in 2001 determined that the village's population was 5,361 at the time, and the 2011 census determined that it was 4,266. The estimated population in December 2017 was 3,804. About 76% of the village's citizens are
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, ...
, with the majority of the remaining citizens being either
Turkish or
Romani people
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, flag = Roma flag.svg
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, po ...
.
References
Villages in Silistra Province
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