Dulovo Municipality

Dulovo Municipality Община Дулово
—  Municipality  —
Dulovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Coordinates: 43°48′N 27°6′E / 43.8°N 27.1°E / 43.8; 27.1Coordinates: 43°48′N 27°6′E / 43.8°N 27.1°E / 43.8; 27.1
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Silistra
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Dulovo
Area[1]
– Total	566.33 km2 (218.7 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[2]
– Total	28,860
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

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

Silistra

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Tutrakan

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Dulovo

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Alfatar

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Glavinitsa

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Kaynardzha

•

Sitovo

Dulovo Municipality within Silistra Province

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

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

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: National Statistical Institute,[2] Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province
2. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
6. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
7. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Official website (Bulgarian)