Silistra Province


Silistra Province is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into seven municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659. The province is part of Southern Dobrudja, which was part of Romania until 1940.
Silistra Province is a traditionally agricultural province, mainly because of its fertile soil. The province is known for its pelicans and apricot brandy.
Besides the administrative centre, other municipalities are Alfatar, Dulovo, Glavinitsa, Kaynardzha, Sitovo, and Tutrakan.

Municipalities

The Silistra Province contains 7 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 December 2009.
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/VillagePop.
Alfatar:bg:Община Алфатар|Алфатар3,324Alfatar1,714
Glavinitsa:bg:Община Главиница|Главиница12,610Glavinitsa1,928
Dulovo:bg:Община Дулово|Дулово28,860Dulovo6,621
Kaynardzha:bg:Община Кайнарджа|Кайнарджа5,250Kaynardzha783
Silistra:bg:Община Силистра|Силистра54,885Silistra37,837
Sitovo:bg:Община Ситово|Ситово5,810Sitovo847
Tutrakan:bg:Община Тутракан|Тутракан16,920Tutrakan9,476

Population

The Silistra province had a population of 142,000 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 127,659 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 : 119 474
Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves: 111 590 persons:
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: