| Alfatar Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Алфатар |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silistra |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alfatar |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.9167°N 44°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 248.57 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 3,324 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Alfatar Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Алфатар) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 15 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Alfatar.
The municipality embraces a territory of [1] with a population of 3,324 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]
The main road "7" crosses the area from north to south, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Shumen and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.
Alfatar Municipality includes the following 7 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3] [4] [5] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfatar | Алфатар | 1,714 | |
| Alekovo | Алеково | 578 | |
| Bistra | Бистра | 367 | |
| Chukovets | Чуковец | 287 | |
| Kutlovitsa | Кутловица | 77 | |
| Tsar Asen | Цар Асен | 191 | |
| Vasil Levski | Васил Левски | 110 | |
| Total | 3,324 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the majority of the population of Alfatar Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people in Bulgaria.
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,313 | 38 | 91 | -53 | 8.8 | 21.0 | -12.3 | |
| 2001 | 3,927 | 29 | 92 | -63 | 7.4 | 23.4 | -16.0 | |
| 2002 | 3,813 | 18 | 90 | -72 | 4.7 | 23.6 | -18.9 | |
| 2003 | 3,725 | 26 | 95 | -69 | 7.0 | 25.5 | -18.5 | |
| 2004 | 3,655 | 23 | 80 | -57 | 6.3 | 21.9 | -15.6 | |
| 2005 | 3,629 | 18 | 85 | -67 | 5.0 | 23.4 | -18.5 | |
| 2006 | 3,544 | 18 | 91 | -73 | 5.1 | 25.7 | -20.6 | |
| 2007 | 3,451 | 19 | 74 | -55 | 5.5 | 21.4 | -15.9 | |
| 2008 | 3,390 | 20 | 68 | -48 | 5.9 | 20.1 | -14.2 | |
| 2009 | 3,324 | 34 | 80 | -46 | 10.2 | 24.1 | -13.9 | |
| 2010 | 3,241 | 10 | 64 | -54 | 3.1 | 19.7 | -16.7 | |
| 2011 | 3,020 | 23 | 64 | -41 | 7.6 | 21.2 | -13.6 | |
| 2012 | 2,952 | 15 | 74 | -59 | 5.1 | 25.1 | -20.0 | |
| 2013 | 2,892 | 14 | 64 | -50 | 4.8 | 22.1 | -17.3 | |
| 2014 | 2,812 | 18 | 79 | -61 | 6.4 | 28.1 | -21.7 | |
| 2015 | 2,761 | 13 | 65 | -52 | 4.7 | 23.5 | -18.8 | |
| 2016 | 2,704 | 21 | 69 | -48 | 7.8 | 25.5 | -17.8 | |
| 2017 | 2,690 | 23 | 64 | -41 | 8.6 | 23.8 | -15.2 | |
| 2018 | 2,655 | 15 | 77 | -62 | 5.6 | 29.0 | -23.4 |