Nova Zagora Municipality Explained

Nova Zagora Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Nova Zagora Municipality in Bulgaria
Coordinates:42.4831°N 26.0169°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sliven Province
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Nova Zagora
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:876.86
Elevation M:162
Population Total:39,010
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8900
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0457

Nova Zagora Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Нова Загора) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

At the 2011 census, the population of Nova Zagora was 39,010. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (14.08%) and Gypsies/Romani (3.67%).[1] [2] 11.18% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Villages

In addition to the capital town of Nova Zagora, there are 32 villages in the municipality:

  • Asenovets
  • Banya
  • Bogdanovo
  • Bryastovo
  • Byal Kladenets
  • Diadovo
  • Ezero
  • Elenovo
  • Zagortsi
  • Kamenovo
  • Karanovo
  • Konovo
  • Korten
  • Kriva Krusha
  • Lyubenets
  • Lyubenova Mahala
  • Mlekarevo
  • Nauchene
  • Novoselets
  • Omarchevo
  • Pet Mogili
  • Pitovo
  • Polsko Pudarevo
  • Prohorovo
  • Radevo
  • Radetski
  • Sokol
  • Stoil Voyvoda
  • Sabrano
  • Sadievo
  • Sadiysko Pole
  • Tsenino

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011 . National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria . 20 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011. National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria . 20 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193806/http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/Census2011_ethnos.xls . 3 March 2016 . dead .