| Hitrino Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Хитрино |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Shumen |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hitrino |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.4333°N 79°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 289.37 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 6,423 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Hitrino Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Хитрино) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Hitrino.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,423 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Hitrino Municipality includes the following 23 places, all of them are villages:
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitrino | Хитрино | 715 | |
| Baykovo | Байково | 148 | |
| Bliznatsi | Близнаци | 221 | |
| Cherna | Черна | 318 | |
| Dlazhko | Длъжко | 161 | |
| Dobri Voynikovo | Добри Войниково | 160 | |
| Edinakovtsi | Единаковци | 124 | |
| Iglika | Иглика | 205 | |
| Kalino | Калино | 180 | |
| Kamenyak | Каменяк | 537 | |
| Razvigorovo | Развигорово | 251 | |
| Slivak | Сливак | 185 | |
| Stanovets | Становец | 46 | |
| Studenitsa | Студеница | 454 | |
| Tervel | Тервел | 285 | |
| Timarevo | Тимарево | 791 | |
| Trem | Трем | 280 | |
| Visoka Polyana | Висока поляна | 211 | |
| Varbak | Върбак | 344 | |
| Zhivkovo | Живково | 567 | |
| Zvegor | Звегор | 240 | |
| Total | 6,423 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 867 | |||
| 4853 | |||
| 26 | |||
| Other | 10 | ||
| Undeclared | 24 |