Sliven Municipality Explained

Sliven Municipality
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Map:	Bulgaria
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Sliven Municipality in Bulgaria
Coordinates:	42.6833°N 26.3333°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Sliven Province
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Sliven
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	1,366.63
Elevation M:	261
Population Total:	125,268
Population As Of:	2011
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Area Code Type:	Area code

Sliven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливен) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

At the 2011 census, the population of Sliven was 125,268. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (3.35%) and Gypsies/Romani (9.7%).^{[1] [2]} 14.88% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Villages

In addition to the capital town of Sliven, there are 44 villages in the municipality:

Bikovo Binkos Blatets Bozhevtsi Bozadzhii Byala Vaglen Gavrailovo Gergevets Glufishevo Glushnik Golyamo Chochoveni Gorno Aleksandrovo Gradsko Dragodanovo Zhelyu Voyvoda Zaychari Zlati Voyvoda Izgrev Ichera Kaloyanovo Kamen Kermen (town) Kovachite

Krushare Malko Chochoveni Mechkarevo Mladovo Nikolaevo Novachevo Panaretovtsi Rakovo Samuilovo Seliminovo Skobelevo Sotiria Sredorek Stara Reka Staro Selo Strupets Topolchane Trapoklovo Chintulovo Chokoba

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 .