Dve Mogili Municipality Explained

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.

Settlements

Dve Mogili Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[2] [3] [4]
(December 2009)
Dve MogiliДве могили4,342
BaniskaБаниска1,291
BazovetsБъзовец938
BatishnitsaБатишница709
ChilnovЧилнов509
Karan VarbovkaКаран Върбовка448
KatselovoКацелово841
MogilinoМогилино337
OstritsaОстрица354
PomenПомен440
PepelinaПепелина30
ShirokovoШироково102
Total10,341

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

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Notes and References

  1. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  4. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009