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
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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
editThe 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
editAccording 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
editReferences
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)