Alfatar Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Алфатар) is a small municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 15 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Alfatar.
Alfatar Municipality
Община Алфатар | |
|---|---|
 Alfatar Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°55′N 27°17′E / 43.917°N 27.283°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Silistra |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Alfatar |
| Area | |
• Total | 248.57 km2 (95.97 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[2] | |
• Total | 3,324 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 248.57 km2 (95.97 sq mi)[1] with a population of 3,324 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]
The main road "7" crosses the area from north to south, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Shumen and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.
Settlements
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Alfatar Municipality includes the following 7 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5] (December 2009) |
|---|---|---|
| Alfatar | Алфатар | 1,714 |
| Alekovo | Алеково | 578 |
| Bistra | Бистра | 367 |
| Chukovets | Чуковец | 287 |
| Kutlovitsa | Кутловица | 77 |
| Tsar Asen | Цар Асен | 191 |
| Vasil Levski | Васил Левски | 110 |
| Total | 3,324 |
Demography
editThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Alfatar Municipality | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 6,373 | 5,454 | 4,630 | 3,990 | 3,629 | 3,451 | 3,324 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8] | ||||||||
Ethnic groups
editEthnic Bulgarians constitute the majority of the population of Alfatar Municipality, followed by ethnic Turks and Roma people in Bulgaria.
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:
Vital statistics
edit| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,313 | 38 | 91 | -53 | 8.8 | 21.0 | -12.3 |
| 2001 | 3,927 | 29 | 92 | -63 | 7.4 | 23.4 | -16.0 |
| 2002 | 3,813 | 18 | 90 | -72 | 4.7 | 23.6 | -18.9 |
| 2003 | 3,725 | 26 | 95 | -69 | 7.0 | 25.5 | -18.5 |
| 2004 | 3,655 | 23 | 80 | -57 | 6.3 | 21.9 | -15.6 |
| 2005 | 3,629 | 18 | 85 | -67 | 5.0 | 23.4 | -18.5 |
| 2006 | 3,544 | 18 | 91 | -73 | 5.1 | 25.7 | -20.6 |
| 2007 | 3,451 | 19 | 74 | -55 | 5.5 | 21.4 | -15.9 |
| 2008 | 3,390 | 20 | 68 | -48 | 5.9 | 20.1 | -14.2 |
| 2009 | 3,324 | 34 | 80 | -46 | 10.2 | 24.1 | -13.9 |
| 2010 | 3,241 | 10 | 64 | -54 | 3.1 | 19.7 | -16.7 |
| 2011 | 3,020 | 23 | 64 | -41 | 7.6 | 21.2 | -13.6 |
| 2012 | 2,952 | 15 | 74 | -59 | 5.1 | 25.1 | -20.0 |
| 2013 | 2,892 | 14 | 64 | -50 | 4.8 | 22.1 | -17.3 |
| 2014 | 2,812 | 18 | 79 | -61 | 6.4 | 28.1 | -21.7 |
| 2015 | 2,761 | 13 | 65 | -52 | 4.7 | 23.5 | -18.8 |
| 2016 | 2,704 | 21 | 69 | -48 | 7.8 | 25.5 | -17.8 |
| 2017 | 2,690 | 23 | 64 | -41 | 8.6 | 23.8 | -15.2 |
| 2018 | 2,655 | 15 | 77 | -62 | 5.6 | 29.0 | -23.4 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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 (in Bulgarian)