Kaolinovo Municipality

Kaolinovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Каолиново) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Kaolinovo.

Kaolinovo Municipality

Община Каолиново
Municipality
Kaolinovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates: 43°35′N 27°5′E
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Kaolinovo
Area
 • Total293.53 km2 (113.33 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2017)[1]
 • Total12,646
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The municipality embraces a territory of 293 km² with a population of 12,646 inhabitants, as of December 2017.[1]

Settlements

Kaolinovo Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[2][3][4]
(December 2009)
Kaolinovo Каолиново 1,538
Branichevo Браничево 1,220
Doyrantsi Дойранци 535
Dolina Долина 503
Gusla Гусла 664
Kliment Климент 1019
Lisi Vrah Лиси връх 69
Lyatno Лятно 584
Naum Наум 433
Omarchevo Омарчево 38
Pristoe Пристое 983
Sini Vir Сини вир 604
Sredkovets Средковец 642
Todor Ikonomovo Тодор Икономово 2,027
Takach Тъкач 718
Zagoriche Загориче 674
Total 12,251

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Kaolinovo Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 20,916 19,382 13,556 12,544 12,518 12,456 12,251 12,093
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

Ethnic composition

According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:

Ethnic groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians7226.3%
Turks896477.6%
Roma (Gypsy)167514.5%
Other120.1%
Undeclared1751.5%

[8]

More than three-quarters of the population of Kaolinovo Municipality consists of ethnic Turks. The second largest ethnic group are the Turkish-speaking Roma people with one in seven people. Bulgarians make up a very small minority.

Ethnic groups in Kaolinovo Municipality (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 6.3%
Turks
 
 77.6%
Roma
 
 14.5%
others and indefinable
 
 1.6%

Religion

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 Municipality [9]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 5.1%
Catholicism
 
 0.0%
Protestantism
 
 0.1%
Islam
 
 90.1%
No religion
 
 0.6%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 4.1%

The municipality of Kaolinovo has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in Bulgaria.

Demographic situation

The municipality of Kaolinovo had relatively favourable demographic indicators compared to other areas in Bulgaria, although it has become more worse with the day.

PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate (‰)Death rate (‰)Natural growth rate (‰)
200013,593157152+511.611.2+0.4
200112,481166175−913.314.0−0.7
200212,511160190−3012.815.2−2.4
200312,555 168147+2113.411.7+1.7
200412,551158152+612.612.1+0.5
200512,518147165−1811.713.2−1.4
200612,482 148166−1811.913.3−1.4
200712,456 172185−1313.814.9−1.0
200812,323121160−399.812.9−3.2
200912,251 169167+213.813.6+0.2
201012,248 156173−1712.714.1−1.4
201112,107 141146−511.612.1−0.4
201212,200175153+2214.312.5+1.8
201312,298144144+011.711.7+0.0
201412,490 153146+712.211.7+0.6
201512,522 142161−1911.312.9−1.5
201612,551 134150−1610.712.0−1.3
201712,646 117155−389.312.3−3.0
201812,771 124187-639.714.6-4.9

See also

References
  1. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2017 Archived 13 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 13 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  5. National Statistical Institute – Census 2001
  6. Population by province, municipality, settlement and age by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Archived 8 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Population of Bulgarian divisions
  8. Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Archived 5 April 2013 at WebCite (in Bulgarian)
  9. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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