Yakoruda Municipality Explained

Yakoruda Municipality
Native Name:Община Якоруда
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Province (Oblast)
Subdivision Name1:Blagoevgrad
Area Total Km2:339.28
Population Total:10284
Population Density Km2:auto

Yakoruda Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria.

Demographics

Of all the people who answered the question on their religion, 77% declared Muslim. Most of those Muslims are the so-called Pomaks, or Bulgarian Muslims but they tend to declare themselves as Turkish people.

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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