Glavinitsa ( bg, Главиница, ; also transliterated ''Glavinica'' or ''Glavinitza'') is a town in 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 Macedo ...

, part of

Silistra Province Silistra Province ( bg, Област Силистра, transliterated ''Oblast Silistra'', former name Silistra okrug) is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into seven municipalities with a total popula ...

. It is the administrative centre of

Glavinitsa Municipality Glavinitsa Municipality ( bg, Община Главиница) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzha ...

, which lies in the southwestern part of Silistra Province, in the historical region of

Southern Dobruja Southern Dobruja, South Dobruja or Quadrilateral ( Bulgarian: Южна Добруджа, ''Yuzhna Dobrudzha'' or simply Добруджа, ''Dobrudzha''; ro, Dobrogea de Sud, or ) is an area of northeastern Bulgaria comprising Dobrich and Silis ...

. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,928 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
Glavinitsa is located in the eastern Danubian Plain, on the road between Dulovo and

Tutrakan Tutrakan ( bg, Тутракан , ro, Тurtucaia, tr, Turtukaya) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, an administrative centre of the homonymous municipality, part of Silistra Province. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube opposite t ...

. Its old name (until 1942) was ''Asvatköy''. Glavinitsa was proclaimed a town on 5 September 1984.

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Population

As of December 2018, the town of Glavinitsa has a dwindling population of 1,341 people, down from its peak of 2,583 people in 1985. The municipality of Glavinitsa has 9,897 inhabitants at the same time. ImageSize = width:400 height:200 PlotArea = left:50 right:20 top:25 bottom:30 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = late Colors = id:linegrey2 value:gray(0.9) id:linegrey value:gray(0.7) id:cobar value:rgb(0.2,0.7,0.8) id:cobar2 value:rgb(0.6,0.9,0.6) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:3000 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:0 gridcolor:linegrey ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:0 gridcolor:linegrey2 PlotData = color:cobar width:20 align:left bar:1934 from:0 till:1160 bar:1946 from:0 till:1510 bar:1956 from:0 till:1966 bar:1965 from:0 till:2208 bar:1975 from:0 till:2566 bar:1985 from:0 till:2583 bar:1992 from:0 till:2362 bar:2001 from:0 till:2065 bar:2011 from:0 till:1569 PlotData= textcolor:black fontsize:S bar:1934 at: 1160 text: 1160 shift:(-14,5) bar:1946 at: 1510 text: 1510 shift:(-14,5) bar:1956 at: 1966 text: 1966 shift:(-14,5) bar:1965 at: 2208 text: 2208 shift:(-14,5) bar:1975 at: 2566 text: 2566 shift:(-14,5) bar:1985 at: 2583 text: 2583 shift:(-14,5) bar:1992 at: 2362 text: 2362 shift:(-14,5) bar:2001 at: 2065 text: 2065 shift:(-14,5) bar:2011 at: 1569 text: 1569 shift:(-14,5) The town of Glavinitsa has a mixed population, with ethnic

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constituting 64% of the population, followed by ethnic Bulgaria with 29% and

Romani people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...

with 7%.

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is the largest faith, followed by

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Municipality

Glavinitsa municipality includes the following 23 places: The population consists mostly of

and

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic o ...

. There are 5 churches, 3 chapels and 17 mosques.

Notes

External links

Glavinitsa municipality website
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Silistra Province {{Silistra-geo-stub