Razgrad Province ( bg, Област Разград (''Oblast Razgrad''), former name Razgrad okrug) is a province in Northeastern

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, geographically part of the

Ludogorie The Ludogorie ( bg, Лудогорие, usually used with a definite article, Лудогорието, ''Ludogorieto'') or Deliorman (''Делиорман'', tr, Deli Orman, lit=mad forest and Bulgarian: lud - "mad", "crazy" and gora - "forest"), ...

region. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the town of

Razgrad Razgrad ( bg, Разград ) is a city in Northeastern Bulgaria in the valley of the Beli Lom river that falls within the historical and geographical region of Ludogorie (Deliorman). It is an administrative center of Razgrad Province. Etymolo ...

. As of December 2009, the Province has a total population of 132,740 inhabitantsBulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009

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that is divided into 7 municipalities.

Municipalities

The Razgrad province (област, ''oblast'') contains seven municipalities (singular: община, ''obshtina'' - plural: общини, ''obshtini''). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and

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, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of 2009.

Population

The Razgrad province had a

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of 152,417 according to a 2001

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, of which were

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and were

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.Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex
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/ref> As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 132,740 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after

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. Since 1992 the former municipality of Senovo has been detached from the Razgrad Province and the numbers in the table reflect this separation:

Ethnic groups

The population of Razgrad Province is ethnically mixed, with a slight Turkish

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(67,069), the

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 ...

(71,963) and the

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(8,733).Census 2001
/ref> Total population (2011 census): 125 190 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 114,475 people: *

: 57,261 (50,02%) *

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...

: 49,229 (43,00%) *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

: 5,719 (5,00%) * Others and indefinable: 2,266 (1,98%) A further 10,000 people in Razgrad Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
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References

External links

Official site
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