Simitli Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Simitli Municipality
Община Симитли
Location in Blagoevgrad province
Location on map of Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Blagoevgrad
Area
 • Total
553.004 km2 (213.516 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
14,904
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)

Demographics

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Religion

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According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Simitli Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
89.25%
Catholicism
0.31%
Protestantism
0.43%
Islam
7.34%
No religion
0.76%
Prefer not to answer, others and aindefinable
1.91%

References

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  1. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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