Summary
General Toshevo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Генерал Тошево) is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, bounded by Romania to the north. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of General Toshevo.
General Toshevo Municipality
Община Генерал Тошево | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 General Toshevo Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′N 28°4′E / 43.717°N 28.067°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Dobrich |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | General Toshevo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 982.24 km2 (379.24 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,714 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 982.24 km2 (379.24 sq mi) with a population of 16,714 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The main road E675 crosses the municipality centrally, connecting the province centre of Dobrich with the Romanian port of Constanța.
Settlements edit
General Toshevo Municipality includes the following 42 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| General Toshevo | Генерал Тошево | 7,130 |
| Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Александър Стамболийски | 36 |
| Balkantsi | Балканци | 106 |
| Bezhanovo | Бежаново | 129 |
| Chernookovo | Чернооково | 306 |
| Dabovik | Дъбовик | 219 |
| Goritsa | Горица | 120 |
| Gradini | Градини | 71 |
| Izvorovo | Изворово | 300 |
| Kalina | Калина | 92 |
| Kardam | Кардам | 1051 |
| Konare | Конаре | 52 |
| Kraishte | Краище | 30 |
| Krasen | Красен | 312 |
| Kapinovo | Къпиново | 240 |
| Loznitsa | Лозница | 44 |
| Lyulyakovo | Люляково | 578 |
| Malina | Малина | 241 |
| Ograzhden | Огражден | 10 |
| Petleshkovo | Петлешково | 283 |
| Pisarovo | Писарово | 91 |
| Plenimir | Пленимир | 92 |
| Preselentsi | Преселенци | 326 |
| Prisad | Присад | 370 |
| Pchelarovo | Пчеларово | 609 |
| Ravnets | Равнец | 273 |
| Rogozina | Рогозина | 167 |
| Rosen | Росен | 112 |
| Rositsa | Росица | 440 |
| Sirakovo | Сираково | 95 |
| Snop | Сноп | 143 |
| Snyagovo | Снягово | 210 |
| Spasovo | Спасово | 950 |
| Sredina | Средина | 89 |
| Sarnino | Сърнино | 82 |
| Uzovo | Узово | 34 |
| Vasilevo | Василево | 415 |
| Velikovo | Великово | 64 |
| Vichovo | Вичово | 43 |
| Yovkovo | Йовково | 324 |
| Zograf | Зограф | 160 |
| Zhiten | Житен | 275 |
| Total | 16,714 |
Demography edit
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| General Toshevo Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 31,264 | 26,187 | 22,931 | 19,422 | 18,227 | 17,560 | 16,714 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion edit
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
External links edit
- Official website Archived 2020-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)