Silistra 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 Silistra Province, Northeastern

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, located along the right bank of

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, in the Danubian Plain, bounded by

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to the northeast and north beyond the river. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of

Silistra Silistra ( ; ; or ) is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube. Silistra is the administrative center of the ...

which is also the capital of the province. The municipality has a territory of .Characterization of Silistra Province
/ref> As of December 2009, it had a population of 54,885.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
/ref> Aside from the historical heritage of the main town, the area is best known with the Srebarna Nature Reserve around the lake of the same name. The main roads I-7, II-21 and II-71 crosses the municipality, connecting the province centre of

with the cities of

Shumen Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city ...

, Ruse and

Dobrich Dobrich ( ; ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, 9th most populated city in Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province and the capital of the region of Southern Dobrudzha. It is located in the northeastern part of the cou ...

Settlements

Silistra Municipality includes the following 19 places (towns are shown in bold):

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Silistra Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Profesor Ishirkovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the largest ethnic group in Silistra Municipality. Turks constitute a large minority. There is also a relatively small Roma community.

References

External links

Official website
{{Silistra Province Municipalities in Silistra Province

Settlements

Demography

Ethnic groups

See also

References

External links