Stara Zagora Province
42°25′N 25°30′E / 42.417°N 25.500°E
Stara Zagora Province
Област Стара Загора | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
License plate | CT |
Website | sz.government.bg |
Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Област Стара Загора), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country. The province embraces a territory of 5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi)[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 350,925 inhabitants.[2][3][4]
In the southeastern part of the province on the edge of Radnevo Municipality there is a coal production facility. Between 1934 and 1949, the province included parts of the present Kardzhali Province.[5]
Municipalities
The Stara Zagora province (област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (
Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[2][3][4] | Town/Village | Pop.[3][6][7][8] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bratya | Братя Даскалови | 9,724 | Bratya Daskalovi | 750 |
Chirpan | Чирпан | 23,470 | Chirpan | 16,355 |
Gurkovo | Гурково | 5,273 | Gurkovo | 2,917 |
Galabovo | Гълъбово | 14,269 | Galabovo | 8,404 |
Kazanlak | Казанлък | 76,447 | Kazanlak | 49,506 |
Maglizh | Мъглиж | 12,267 | Maglizh | 3,426 |
Nikolaevo | Николаево | 4,840 | Nikolaevo | 2,872 |
Opan | Опан | 3,501 | Opan | 466 |
Pavel Banya | Павел баня | 14,703 | Pavel Banya | 2,918 |
Radnevo | Раднево | 21,959 | Radnevo | 13,384 |
Stara Zagora | Стара Загора | 164,472 | Stara Zagora | 140,456 |
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1946 | 306,181 | — |
1956 | 322,252 | +5.2% |
1965 | 359,486 | +11.6% |
1975 | 394,607 | +9.8% |
1985 | 410,905 | +4.1% |
1992 | 397,339 | −3.3% |
2001 | 370,615 | −6.7% |
2011 | 333,265 | −10.1% |
2021 | 296,507 | −11.0% |
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org[9] |
The Stara Zagora province had a population of 370,665 (370,615 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.[10]
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 350,925[2] of which 25.2% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[11]
Ethnic groups
According to the most recent 2011 census, out of the 333,265[12] people, 308,106[13] Identified themselves:
- Bulgarians: 265,618 (86.21%)
- Romani: 24,018 (7.80%)
- Turks in Bulgaria: 15,035 (4.88%)
- Others and indefinable: 3,435 (1.11%)
A further 25,000 persons in the Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 370,615 people of the population of 370,665 of Stara Zagora Province identified themselves (with percentage of total population):[14]
- Bulgarians: 319,379 (86.18%)
- Romani: 26,804 (7.23%)
- Turks: 18,529 (5.00%)
- Others: 5,903 (1.59%)
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[16]
Census 2001 | ||
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religious adherence | population | % |
Orthodox Christians
|
329,628 | 88.94% |
Muslims
|
21,423 | 5.78% |
Protestants | 4,094 | 1.10% |
Catholics | 522 | 0.14% |
Other | 1558 | 0.42% |
Religion not mentioned | 13,390 | 3.62% |
Total | 370,615 | 100% |
Main city
Stara Zagora is a cultural centre of particular significance for Bulgaria as it is an ancient
In October 2004, Stara Zagora Province was awarded for having the best quality of life in Europe,[
In November 2014 the Maritsa Iztok-2 power station located in the East of Stara Zgora Province was ranked as the industrial facility that is causing the highest damage costs to health and the environment in Bulgaria and the entire European Union by the European Environment Agency.[17]
See also
References
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ a b c (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ a b „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
- ^ "Divisions of Bulgaria" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2024-04-03.
- ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
- ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
- ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ^ ""Religious composition: 2011 census"". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
- ^ "Industrial facilities causing the highest damage costs to health and the environment". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2014.