Dulovo Municipality

Municipality in Silistra, Bulgaria

Dulovo Municipality

Община Дулово

Municipality

Dulovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.

Coordinates: 43°48′N 27°6′E﻿ / ﻿43.800°N 27.100°E﻿ / 43.800; 27.100
Country| Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)| Silistra
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)| Dulovo
Area

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• Total

| 566.33 km2 (218.66 sq mi)
Population

(December 2009)[2]

• Total

| 28,860
• Density| 51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Dulovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Дулово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 25 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Dulovo.

The municipality embraces a territory of 566.33[1] km2 with a population of 28,860 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]

The main road I-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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Dulovo Municipality within Silistra Province

Silistra

Tutrakan

Dulovo

Alfatar

Glavinitsa

Kaynardzha

Sitovo

Dulovo Municipality includes the following 27 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village  | Cyrillic | Population[3][4][5]
(December 2009)

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Dulovo | Дулово | 6,621
Boil | Боил  | 954
Cherkovna | Черковна  | 599
Chernolik | Чернолик  | 1,425
Chernik | Черник  | 2,299
Dolets | Долец  | 533
Grancharovo | Грънчарово  | 505
Kozyak | Козяк  | 362
Kolobar | Колобър  | 532
Mezhden | Межден  | 691
Oven | Овен  | 1,011
Okorsh | Окорш  | 1,617
Oreshene | Орешене  | 399
Paisievo | Паисиево  | 870
Polkovnik Taslakovo | Полковник Таслаково  | 435
Poroyno | Поройно  | 1,248
Pravda | Правда  | 1,664
Prohlada | Прохлада  | 250
Razdel | Раздел  | 624
Ruyno | Руйно  | 857
Sekulovo | Секулово  | 920
Skala | Скала  | 212
Vodno | Водно  | 921
Vokil | Вокил  | 1,227
Varbino | Върбино  | 100
Yarebitsa | Яребица  | 1,357
Zlatoklas | Златоклас  | 627
Total  |  | 28,860

## Demography

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The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Dulovo Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Okorsh and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Dulovo Municipality

Year | 1975  | 1985  | 1992  | 2001 | 2005  | 2007  | 2009  | 2011
Population | 23,253  | 23,426  | 33,509  | 30,591  | 29,677  | 29,200  | 28,860  | ...
Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8]

### Ethnic groups

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Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Dulovo, followed by Bulgarians and Roma people.

Ethnic groups in the municipality of Dulovo (2011 census)

Ethnic group |  | Percentage
Bulgarians |

| 17.8%
Turks |

| 70.4%
Roma |

| 9.2%
others and indefinable |

| 2.6%

### Religious composition

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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 Dulovo Municipality [9]

|  |
Orthodox Christianity |

| 18.7%
Catholicism |

| 0.1%
Protestantism |

| 0.1%
Islam |

| 75.9%
No religion |

| 0.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable |

| 4.3%

Most inhabitants are Muslim, followed by Christians.

### Demographic indicators

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The municipality of Dulovo has a relatively good demographic structure compared to other areas in Bulgaria, although the situation is becoming worse.

| Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural growth | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰)

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2000 | 32,880 | 337 | 431 | −94 | 10.2 | 13.1 | −2.9
2001 | 30,443  | 346 | 430 | −84 | 11.4 | 14.1 | −2.8
2002 | 30,150 | 297 | 420 | −123 | 9.9 | 13.9 | −4.1
2003 | 30,079  | 349 | 379 | −30 | 11.6 | 12.6 | −1.0
2004 | 29,893 | 326 | 392 | −66 | 10.9 | 13.1 | −2.2
2005 | 29,677 | 298 | 407 | −109 | 10.0 | 13.7 | −3.7
2006 | 29,473  | 304 | 435 | −131 | 10.3 | 14.8 | −4.4
2007 | 29,200  | 304 | 405 | −101 | 10.4 | 13.9 | −3.5
2008 | 28,956 | 344 | 407 | −63 | 11.9 | 14.1 | −2.2
2009 | 28,860  | 366 | 372 | −6 | 12.7 | 12.9 | −0.2
2010 | 28,634  | 333 | 382 | −49 | 11.6 | 13.3 | −1.7
2011 | 28,259  | 282 | 376 | −94 | 10.0 | 13.2 | −3.3
2012 | 28,215 | 329 | 399 | −70 | 11.7 | 14.1 | −2.5
2013 | 28,077 | 267 | 329 | −62 | 9.5 | 11.7 | −2.2
2014 | 27,963  | 302 | 409 | −107 | 10.8 | 14.6 | −3.8
2015 | 27,857  | 305 | 395 | −90 | 10.9 | 14.2 | −3.2
2016 | 27,643  | 282 | 398 | −116 | 10.2 | 14.4 | −4.2
2017 | 27,506  | 281 | 365 | −84 | 10.2 | 13.3 | −3.1
2018 | 27,403  | 248 | 410 | -162 | 9.1 | 15.0 | -5.9

## See also

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* Provinces of Bulgaria
* Municipalities of Bulgaria
* List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

## References

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1. ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
5. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
6. ^ National Statistical Institute – Census 2001
7. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
8. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. February 1, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
9. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

## External links

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* Official website (in Bulgarian)

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Places adjacent to Dulovo Municipality

| Sitovo Municipality, Silistra Province | Silistra Municipality | Alfatar Municipality, Silistra Province

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Glavinitsa Municipality, Silistra Province |

Dulovo Municipality

| Tervel Municipality, Dobrich Province
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Municipalities of Silistra Province

* Alfatar
* Dulovo
* Glavinitsa
* Kaynardzha
* Silistra
* Sitovo
* Tutrakan

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