Kaolinovo Municipality


Kaolinovo Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Kaolinovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 293 km² with a population of 12,646 inhabitants, as of December 2017.

Settlements

Kaolinovo Municipality includes the following 16 places :
Town/VillageCyrillicPopulation
KaolinovoКаолиново1,538
BranichevoБраничево1,220
DoyrantsiДойранци535
DolinaДолина503
GuslaГусла664
KlimentКлимент1019
Lisi VrahЛиси връх69
LyatnoЛятно584
NaumНаум433
OmarchevoОмарчево38
PristoeПристое983
Sini VirСини вир604
SredkovetsСредковец642
Todor IkonomovoТодор Икономово2,027
TakachТъкач718
ZagoricheЗагориче674
Total12,251

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Ethnic composition

According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:
Ethnic groupPopulationPercentage
Bulgarians722
Turks8964
Roma 1675
Other12
Undeclared175

More than three-quarters of the population of Kaolinovo Municipality consists of ethnic Turks. The second largest ethnic group are the Turkish-speaking Roma people with one in seven people. Bulgarians make up a very small minority.

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
The municipality of Kaolinovo has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in Bulgaria.

Demographic situation

The municipality of Kaolinovo had relatively favourable demographic indicators compared to other areas in Bulgaria, although it has become more worse with the day.
PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate Death rate Natural growth rate
200013,593157152+511.611.2+0.4
200112,481166175−913.314.0−0.7
200212,511160190−3012.815.2−2.4
200312,555 168147+2113.411.7+1.7
200412,551158152+612.612.1+0.5
200512,518147165−1811.713.2−1.4
200612,482 148166−1811.913.3−1.4
200712,456 172185−1313.814.9−1.0
200812,323121160−399.812.9−3.2
200912,251 169167+213.813.6+0.2
201012,248 156173−1712.714.1−1.4
201112,107 141146−511.612.1−0.4
201212,200175153+2214.312.5+1.8
201312,298144144+011.711.7+0.0
201412,490 153146+712.211.7+0.6
201512,522 142161−1911.312.9−1.5
201612,551 134150−1610.712.0−1.3
201712,646 117155−389.312.3−3.0
201812,771 124187-639.714.6-4.9