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Coordinates: 43°55′N 27°10′E / 43.917°N 27.167°E / 43.917; 27.167
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 7 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659 inhabitants.[2][3][4]
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.
[edit] Municipalities
The Municipalities of Silistra Province
The Silistra Province contains 7 municipalities (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, 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.[5][3][6] |
| 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 |
779 |
| Silistra |
Силистра |
54,885 |
Silistra |
37,837 |
| Sitovo |
Ситово |
5,810 |
Sitovo |
831 |
| Tutrakan |
Тутракан |
16,920 |
Tutrakan |
9,476 |
[edit] Demography
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.[7] 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.[8]
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Silistra Province |
| Year |
1946 |
1956 |
1965 |
1975 |
1985 |
1992 |
2001 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
| Population |
152,287 |
163,572 |
170,442 |
175,754 |
174,122 |
161,063 |
142,000 |
134,897 |
131,798 |
127,659 |
| Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2] „citypopulation.de“,[3] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4] |
[edit] Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
Bulgaria
Romania
Silistra Province 
