Haskovo Province


Haskovo Province is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Haskovo. The province embraces a territory of that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of 2009, of 256,408 inhabitants.

Municipalities

The Haskovo province contains 11 municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village, and the population of each as of 2009.
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/VillagePop.
Dimitrovgrad:bg:Община Димитровград|Димитровград56,882Dimitrovgrad39,510
Harmanli:bg:Община Харманли|Харманли25,711Harmanli18,557
Haskovo:bg:Община Хасково|Хасково96,499Haskovo77,050
Ivaylovgrad:bg:Община Ивайловград|Ивайловград6,761Ivaylovgrad3,756
Lyubimets:bg:Община Любимец|Любимец10,400Lyubimets7,670
Madzharovo:bg:Община Маджарово|Маджарово1,800Madzharovo590
Mineralni bani:bg:Община Минерални бани|Минерални бани6,542Mineralni bani1,303
Simeonovgrad:bg:Община Симеоновград|Симеоновград9,371Simeonovgrad7,049
Stambolovo:bg:Община Стамболово|Стамболово6,122Stambolovo609
Svilengrad:bg:Община Свиленград|Свиленград24,142Svilengrad18,132
Topolovgrad:bg:Община Тополовград|Тополовград12,178Topolovgrad5,730

Population

The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Ethnic groups

Total population : 246 238
Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves: 227 382 persons:
A further 20,000 persons in Haskovo Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: