Targovishte Province ( bg, Област Търговище,

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''Oblast Tǎrgovište'', former name Targovishte okrug) is a

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in northeastern

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, named after its main city -

Targovishte Targovishte ( bg, Търговище, also transliterated ''Tǎrgovište'', , tr, Eski Cuma) is a city in Bulgaria, the administrative and economic capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of ...

. As of December 2009, it has a population of 129,675 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
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Municipalities

The Targovishte Province contains 5 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 (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.

Population

The Targovishte province had a

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of 137,689 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 129,675 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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Ethnic groups

Total population (2011 census): 120 818 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 106 800 persons: *

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: 58 371 (54,65%) *

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 ...

: 38 231 (35,80%) *

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 ...

: 7 767 (7,27%) *Others and indefinable: 2 431 (2,28%) A further 14 000 persons in Targovishte Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

Technical Infrastructure

The length of the road network is 1,171.3 km, 77.6 km of which are first class roads. There are two railway stations on the major railway line

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Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa ( bg, Горна Оряховица ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality. According to t ...

- Varna. Targovishte Airport is located from the city of Targovishte. However, it is not being used because of a lack of financial resources.

Towns and villages

The place names in bold have the status of

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(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as ''grad''). Other localities have the status of

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(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as ''selo''). The names of localities are transliterated in

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Geonames Search
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(NGA) - reference for location names followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian

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(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).

Antonovo municipality

The Antonovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 56 villages:

Omurtag municipality

The Omurtag municipality has one town (in bold) and 41 villages:

Opaka municipality

The Opaka municipality has one town (in bold) and 5 villages:

Popovo municipality

The Popovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 34 villages:

Targovishte municipality

The Targovishte municipality has one town (in bold) and 51 villages:

References

External links

Targovishte Province Web Site
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