Dobrichka Municipality

Dobrichka Municipality
Община Добричка
Municipality
Dobrichka Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province.
Dobrichka Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province.
Coordinates: 43°39′N 27°41′E / 43.650°N 27.683°E / 43.650; 27.683
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)Dobrich
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Dobrich
Area
 • Total
1,296.16 km2 (500.45 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2009)[1]
 • Total
24,292
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dobrichka municipality (Bulgarian: Община Добричка) or Dobrich rural municipality (Добрич-селска) is a municipality in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region. It lies in the central southern part of the province and is not to be confused with Dobrich municipality (equivalent to the town of Dobrich), which is an enclave within Dobrichka.

The municipality embraces a territory of 1,296.16 km2 (500.45 sq mi) with a population of 24,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

Although the city is not part of the municipality, the administration is headquartered in Dobrich.

Settlements

Dobrichka municipality includes the following 68 villages:

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last two decades. Dobrichka Municipality was separated from Dobrich Municipality in 1987.[2]

Dobrichka rural Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population --- --- 28,710 25,736 25,351 25,066 24,292 22,081
Sources: Census 2001,[3] Census 2011,[2] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4]

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 Dobrichka Municipality [5]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 55.8%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 0.5%
Islam
 
 29.8%
No religion
 
 2.9%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 10.6%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Division of Bulgaria". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  3. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
  4. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  5. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.