Sitovo Municipality Explained

Sitovo Municipality
Native Name:Община Ситово
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Silistra
Subdivision Name2:Sitovo
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:44.0167°N 85°W
Area Total Km2:270.97
Population As Of:December 2009
Population Total:5,810
Population Density Km2:auto

Sitovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ситово) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Sitovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of [1] with a population of 5,810 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]

The main road II-21 crosses the area centrally, from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.

Settlements

Sitovo Municipality includes the following 12 places all of them villages:

Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation[3] [4] [5]
(December 2009)
SitovoСитово847
BosnaБосна371
DobrotitsaДобротица434
GarvanГарван421
IrnikИрник104
IskraИскра1,856
LyubenЛюбен654
Nova PopinaНова Попина88
PolyanПоляна176
PopinaПопина701
SlatinaСлатина132
YastrebnaЯстребна26
Total5,810

Demography

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

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Bulgarians constitute the plurality in Sitovo Municipality. Turks form the second largest ethnic group and Roma people form the third largest ethnic group.

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:Most Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians, while most Turks and Roma people are Muslim.

See also

References

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

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