Kardzhali Province




Coordinates: 41°39′N 25°22′E / 41.650°N 25.367°E / 41.650; 25.367


Province in Bulgaria





















































Kardzhali Province


Област Кърджали

Province

Location of Kardzhali Province in Bulgaria
Location of Kardzhali Province in Bulgaria

Country Bulgaria
Capital Kardzhali
Municipalities
7
Government

 • Governor Nikola Chanev
Area

 • Total 3,209 km2 (1,239 sq mi)
Population
(February 2011)[1]

 • Total 152,808
 • Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate K
Website www.kj.government.bg

Kardzhali District (Bulgarian: Област Кърджали, translit. Oblast Kërdžali) is a province of southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece with the Greek regional units of Xanthi, Rhodope, and Evros to the south and east. It is 3209.1 km² in area. Its main city is Kardzhali.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Municipalities


  • 3 Towns and villages


  • 4 Population


    • 4.1 Ethnic groups


    • 4.2 Language


    • 4.3 Religion




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





History


The territory of Kardzhali province was acquired by Bulgaria during the First Balkan War in 1912. In 1913 the region was organized as the district (окръг, okrëg in Bulgarian) of Mestanli. This district was part of Stara Zagora province from 1934 until 1949,[2] then it was transferred to the newly formed Haskovo district. In 1959 Kardzhali became the center of a new district with similar borders to the current province. Between 1987 and 1999, the region was part of Haskovo Province, after which it was restored, now as a province and with slightly changed borders.



Municipalities




Municipalities in Kardzhali province


The Kardzhali province (област, oblast) contains seven municipalities (singular: община, obština; plural: общини, obštini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population as of 2009.



























































Municipality
 Cyrillic
 Pop.[3]
 Town or village
 Pop.[3]

Ardino
Ардино
 13,766
Ardino
 4,368

Chernoochene
Черноочене
 10,132
Chernoochene
 335

Dzhebel
Джебел
 9,012
Dzhebel
 3,288

Kardzhali
Кърджали
 75,525
Kardzhali
 50,482

Kirkovo
Кирково
 22,833
Kirkovo
 719

Krumovgrad
Крумовград
 20,517
Krumovgrad
 5,475

Momchilgrad
Момчилград
 19,327
Momchilgrad
 9,187


Towns and villages


The population data and figures are of December 15, 2004




  • Abramovo (pop: 94)


  • Ahrisko (pop: 127, elev: 680 m, postal code: 6761)



Population


Kardzhali Province had a population of 149,661 according to the provisional results of the 2011 census, of which 7001498000000000000♠49.8% were male and 7001502000000000000♠50.2% were female.[1][4][5][6] Kardzhali is one of the three Bulgarian provinces where less than fifty percent of the population living in urban areas: only 41% lives in urban areas in 2016.


The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:


































Kardzhali Province

Year
 1946
 1956
 1965
 1975
 1985
 1992
 2001
 2005
 2007
 2009
 2011

Population
 218,686
 246,761
 283,758
 273,906
 290,254
 203,251
 164,019
 158,541
 156,652
 154,719
 152,808

Sources: National Statistical Institute,[4] „Census 2001“,[5] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??


Ethnic groups




























Ethnic groups in Kardzhali Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Turks
 
 66.2%
Bulgarians
 
 30.2%
others and indefinable
 
 3.6%



Total population (2011 census): 152 808[7]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[8]
Identified themselves: 130 781 persons:




  • Turks: 86 527 (66,16%)


  • Bulgarians: 39 519 (30,22%)

  • Others and indefinable: 4 735 (3,62%)


A further 22,000 persons in the province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.


In the 2001 census, 158,704 people of the population of 164,019 of Karzhali Province identified themselves as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups (with percentage of total population):[9]































































Ethnic group Population Percentage
Turks 101,116
7001616490000000000♠61.649%
Bulgarians 55,939
7001341059999999999♠34.105%
Romani 1,264
6999771000000000000♠0.771%
Russians 234
6999142990000000000♠0.143%
Armenians 41
6998250000000000000♠0.025%
Greeks 21
6998130000000000000♠0.013%
Ukrainians 20
6998120000000000000♠0.012%
Macedonians 7
6997400000000000000♠0.004%
Jews 1
6997100000000000000♠0.001%
Romanians 1
6997100000000000000♠0.001%
Other 60
6998370000000000000♠0.037%


Language


In the 2001 census, 160,167 people of the population of 164,019 of Karzhali Province identified one of the following as their mother tongue (with percentage of total population):



  • 101,548 Turkish (7001619000000000000♠61.9%)

  • 57,046 Bulgarian (7001348009999900000♠34.8%)

  • 1,171 Romani (6999700000000000000♠0.7%)

  • 402 other (6999200000000000000♠0.2%).[10]



Religion






































Religions in Kardzhali Province (2001 census)
Religious group Percentage
Muslim
 
 69.6%
Orthodox Christian
 
 21.5%
Roman Catholic Christian
 
 0.1%
Protestant Christian
 
 0.1%
others and indefinable
 
 8.6%



According to the 2011 census, Muslims are 82,227 (70.14% of those who answered) and the Orthodox are 23,916 (20.4% of those who answered). The Muslims' figure is made up of Turks and in significant part by Muslim Bulgarians, though the Orthodox are the majority among the Bulgarians in the province.


In the 2001 census, 149,839 people of the population of 164,019 of Karzhali Province identified one of the following as their religion (with percentage of total population):[11]













































Census 2001

religious adherence
population
 %

Muslims
 114,217
 69.6%

Orthodox Christians
 35,265
 21.5%

Roman Catholics
 197
 0.1%

Protestants
 89
 0.1%
Other
 71
 0.0%
Religion not mentioned
 14,180
 8.6%

total
164,019
 100%


See also



  • Provinces of Bulgaria

  • Municipalities of Bulgaria

  • List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

  • List of villages in Kardzhali Province



References




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  2. ^ "*** Visit To Bulgaria *** - Ardino".


  3. ^ ab (in Bulgarian) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services


  4. ^ ab (in Bulgarian) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - 2011 census Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.


  5. ^ ab (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“


  6. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population by 01.02.2011 by Area and Sex Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Preliminary results of Census 2011


  7. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-09-08 at the Wayback Machine.


  8. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-04-05 at WebCite (in Bulgarian)


  9. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001


  10. ^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001


  11. ^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001















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