Silistra Province

Province in northeastern Bulgaria

43°55′N 27°10′E﻿ / ﻿43.917°N 27.167°E﻿ / 43.917; 27.167

Province in Bulgaria

Silistra Province

Област Силистра

Province

Church in Iskra

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Location of in Bulgaria

Country| Bulgaria
Capital| Silistra
Municipalities| 7
Area

[1]

• Total

| 2,846.3 km2 (1,099.0 sq mi)
Population

(December 2022)[2][3][4]

• Total

| 95,614
• Density| 34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate| CC
Website| ss.government.bg

Silistra Province (Bulgarian: Област Силистра, transliterated Oblast Silistra, former name Silistra okrug) is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into seven municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659.[2][3][4] The province is part of Southern Dobrudja, which was part of Romania until 1940.

Silistra Province is a traditionally agricultural province, mainly because of its fertile soil. The province is known for its pelicans and apricot brandy.

Besides the administrative centre, other municipalities are Alfatar, Dulovo, Glavinitsa, Kaynardzha, Sitovo, and Tutrakan.

## Municipalities

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Silistra

Tutrakan

Dulovo

Alfatar

Glavinitsa

Kaynardzha

Sitovo

Municipalities within Silistra Province with their administrative centres

The Silistra Province contains seven municipalities (Bulgarian: община, romanized: obshtina \- plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality  | Cyrillic  | Pop.[2][3][4] | Town/Village  | Pop.[3][5][6]

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Alfatar | Алфатар | 3,324  | Alfatar | 1,714
Glavinitsa | Главиница | 12,610  | Glavinitsa | 1,928
Dulovo | Дулово | 28,860  | Dulovo | 6,621
Kaynardzha | Кайнарджа | 5,250  | Kaynardzha | 783
Silistra | Силистра | 54,885  | Silistra | 37,837
Sitovo | Ситово | 5,810  | Sitovo | 847
Tutrakan | Тутракан | 16,920  | Tutrakan | 9,476

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1946| 152,287| —
1956| 163,572| +7.4%
1965| 170,442| +4.2%
1975| 175,754| +3.1%
1985| 174,122| −0.9%
1992| 161,063| −7.5%
2001| 142,000| −11.8%
2011| 119,474| −15.9%
2021| 97,770| −18.2%
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org[7]

The Silistra province had a population of 142,000 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female.[8]

As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659[2] of which 25.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[9]

### Ethnic groups

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Ethnic groups in Silistra Province (2011 census)

Ethnic group |  | Percentage
Bulgarians |

| 57.4%
Turks |

| 36.1%
Romani |

| 5.1%
others and indefinable |

| 1.4%

Total population (2011 census): 119 474[10]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[11] Identified themselves: 111,590 persons:

* Bulgarians: 64,050 (57.40%)
* Turks: 40,272 (36.09%)
* Romani: 5,697 (5.11%)
* Others and indefinable: 1,571 (1.41%)

### Religion

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Religions in Silistra Province (2001 census)

Religious group |  | Percentage
Orthodox Christian |

| 59.1%
Muslim |

| 38.2%
Protestant Christian |

| 0.2%
Roman Catholic Christian |

| 0.1%
others and indefinable |

| 2.4%

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[12]

Census 2001

religious adherence | population | %
Orthodox Christians | 83,969  | 59.13%
Muslims | 54,174  | 38.15%
Protestants | 303  | 0.21%
Roman Catholics | 196  | 0.14%
Other  | 553  | 0.39%
Religion not mentioned  | 2,805  | 1.98%
total | 142,000 | 100%

## See also

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* Provinces of Bulgaria
* List of villages in Silistra Province

## References

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1. ^ (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b c d (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. ^ a b c d (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
4. ^ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
5. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
7. ^ "Divisions of Bulgaria". 2024-04-03.
8. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
9. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
11. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
12. ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001

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