Chernoochene Municipality | |
Native Name: | Община Черноочене |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label: | Chernoochene (Yeni Pazar) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kardzhali |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 328.57 |
Population Total: | 8,791 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2018 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 41.7667°N 46°W |
Chernoochene Municipality is a municipality in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. The administrative centre is the village of Chernoochene.
According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Chernoochene has the highest relative share of ethnic Bulgarian Turks (97.1%), as well as Muslims (96.6%) of the total country. Chernoochene is a rural municipality, with all of its inhabitants living in one of the fifty villages. As of December 2018, the municipality of Chernoochene has 8,791 inhabitants.
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: Most ethnic Turks are Muslim. Most ethnic Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians, living in the village of Pchelarovo. All other villages have a Turkish and Islamic majority.