Dulovo Municipality


Dulovo Municipality is a municipality in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 25 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Dulovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 566.33 km² with a population of 28,860 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The main road I-7 crosses the area from north to south, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Shumen and the eastern operating part of Hemus motorway.

Settlements

Dulovo Municipality includes the following 27 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
DulovoДулово6,621
BoilБоил954
CherkovnaЧерковна599
ChernolikЧернолик1,425
ChernikЧерник2,299
DoletsДолец533
GrancharovoГрънчарово505
KozyakКозяк362
KolobarКолобър532
MezhdenМежден691
OvenОвен1,011
OkorshОкорш1,617
OresheneОрешене399
PaisievoПаисиево870
Polkovnik TaslakovoПолковник Таслаково435
PoroynoПоройно1,248
PravdaПравда1,664
ProhladaПрохлада250
RazdelРаздел624
RuynoРуйно857
SekulovoСекулово920
SkalaСкала212
VodnoВодно921
VokilВокил1,227
VarbinoВърбино100
YarebitsaЯребица1,357
ZlatoklasЗлатоклас627
Total28,860

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Dulovo Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Okorsh and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Dulovo, followed by Bulgarians and Roma people.

Religious composition

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Most inhabitants are Muslim, followed by Christians.

Demographic indicators

The municipality of Dulovo has a relatively good demographic structure compared to other areas in Bulgaria, although the situation is becoming worse.
PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate Death rate Natural growth rate
200032,880337431−9410.213.1−2.9
200130,443 346430−8411.414.1−2.8
200230,150297420−1239.913.9−4.1
200330,079 349379−3011.612.6−1.0
200429,893326392−6610.913.1−2.2
200529,677298407−10910.013.7−3.7
200629,473 304435−13110.314.8−4.4
200729,200 304405−10110.413.9−3.5
200828,956344407−6311.914.1−2.2
200928,860 366372−612.712.9−0.2
201028,634 333382−4911.613.3−1.7
201128,259 282376−9410.013.2−3.3
201228,215329399−7011.714.1−2.5
201328,077267329−629.511.7−2.2
201427,963 302409−10710.814.6−3.8
201527,857 305395−9010.914.2−3.2
201627,643 282398−11610.214.4−4.2
201727,506 281365−8410.213.3−3.1
201827,403 248410-1629.115.0-5.9