Antonovo ( bg, Антоново ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Targovishte Province Targovishte Province ( bg, Област Търговище, transliterated ''Oblast Tǎrgovište'', former name Targovishte okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, named after its main city - Targovishte. As of December 2009, it has a po ...

of northeastern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. It is the administrative center of the homonymous

Antonovo Municipality Antonovo Municipality ( bg, Община Антоново) is a Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian Plain ...

. Antonovo sits in the Slannik low level mountain area close to the border of the

Veliko Tarnovo Province Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Област Велико Търново, Oblast Veliko Tǎrnovo) is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, is of historical significance as it is known as the capital of ...

. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,453 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009

Economy

The local economy in Antonovo and the surrounding villages centres on agriculture although there is an unemployment rate of 52.12% in the region. This does sound very low but does not take into account that the main age group living in Antonovo is sixty five years and older. The municipality for the region has created a development strategy for the economy that centres on infrastructure, agriculture and tourism to increase the areas potential and reduce the unemployment in the younger age range of residence.

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* Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Targovishte Province {{Targovishte-geo-stub