Dve Mogili Municipality | |
Native Name: | Община Две могили |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Ruse |
Subdivision Name2: | Dve Mogili |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 43.55°N 80°W |
Area Total Km2: | 345 |
Population As Of: | December 2009 |
Population Total: | 10,341 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Dve Mogili Municipality (Bulgarian: Две могили) is a municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, about 15 km southeast of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dve Mogili.The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 10,341 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area is best known with Orlova Chuka cave. Accidentally discovered in 1941, with its 13,437 m, it is the second-longest in the country.
The main road E85 touches the northwest border of the municipality, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo and respectively Pleven and Sofia.
Dve Mogili Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
---|---|---|---|
Dve Mogili | Две могили | 4,342 | |
Baniska | Баниска | 1,291 | |
Bazovets | Бъзовец | 938 | |
Batishnitsa | Батишница | 709 | |
Chilnov | Чилнов | 509 | |
Karan Varbovka | Каран Върбовка | 448 | |
Katselovo | Кацелово | 841 | |
Mogilino | Могилино | 337 | |
Ostritsa | Острица | 354 | |
Pomen | Помен | 440 | |
Pepelina | Пепелина | 30 | |
Shirokovo | Широково | 102 | |
Total | 10,341 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: