Ardino Municipality

Ardino Municipality
Община Ардино
Municipality
Ardino
Coordinates: 41°35′N 25°8′E / 41.583°N 25.133°E / 41.583; 25.133Coordinates: 41°35′N 25°8′E / 41.583°N 25.133°E / 41.583; 25.133
Country Bulgaria
Province Kardzhali
Municipality Ardino
Area
 • Total 341.45 km2 (131.83 sq mi)
Population (1-Feb-2011)
 • Total 13,326
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website www.ardino.bg
Ardino municipality within Kardzhali Province

Ardino Municipality is a municipality in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. It includes the town of Ardino and a 51 rural villages. The municipality has 12.424 inhabitants (2016), of which 3799 lives in the town of Ardino and the remainder in one of the villages. [1]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2011 2016
30.609 29.407 33.185 29.507 27.698 18.174 13.649 11.572 12.424

The municipality of Ardino has lost more than two thirds of its population in a period of seventy years.

In 2016 there were 85 live births in the municipality of Ardino, down from 132 in 2000. Ardino has a low birth rate of 6,8‰. There were 3 births to teenage mothers (mothers between the ages of 15-19), down from 25 in 2000. [2]The total fertility rate is around 1,534 children per woman. At the same time there were 177 deaths[3], up from 168 deaths in 2000. Ardino has a high death rate of 14,2‰. The natural growth is minus 92 people (-7,4‰).

A majority of the population consists of ethnic Turks (71,2%).[4] Ethnic Bulgarians make up around 26,9% of the population. Nearly all of those Bulgarians are Pomaks.

Out of 7703 people (who responded to the question about their religion in the 2011 Census) about 91%, or 7039 people, declared to be part of the Muslim minority in Bulgaria.[5] Only 2% is member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. This percentage shows that Islam is the main religion among both ethnic Turks and ethnic Bulgarians.

References

  1. ↑ "Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ↑ "Live births by districts, municipalities and mother's age | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. ↑ "Deaths by districts, municipalities and sex | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  4. ↑ "Ethnic composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
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