Shabla Municipality
Shabla Municipality Община Шабла | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°36′N 28°31′E / 43.600°N 28.517°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Dobrich |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Shabla |
Area | |
• Total | 329.64 km2 (127.27 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 5,580 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www |
Shabla Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Шабла) is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Bulgaria, located in the north-easternmost part of the country on the Northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Southern Dobruja geographical region, bounded by Romania to the north. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Shabla.
The municipality embraces a territory of 329.64 km2 (127.27 sq mi) with a population of 5,580 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
The area is best known with Cape Shabla - Bulgaria's easternmost point as well as the natural reserve of Durankulak Lake. The main road E87 crosses the municipality connecting the port of Varna with the Romanian port of Konstanza.
Settlements
[edit]Shabla Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2][3][4] (December 2009) |
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Shabla | Шабла | 3,586 |
Bozhanovo | Божаново | 15 |
Chernomortsi | Черноморци | 80 |
Durankulak | Дуранкулак | 455 |
Ezerets | Езерец | 183 |
Gorichane | Горичане | 95 |
Gorun | Горун | 105 |
Granichar | Граничар | 163 |
Krapets | Крапец | 378 |
Prolez | Пролез | 56 |
Smin | Смин | 78 |
Staevtsi | Стаевци | 8 |
Tvarditsa | Твърдица | 11 |
Tyulenovo | Тюленово | 59 |
Vaklino | Ваклино | 195 |
Zahari Stoyanovo | Захари Стояново | 113 |
Total | 5,580 |
Demography
[edit]The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Shabla Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 9,261 | 8,375 | 7,508 | 6,380 | 5,959 | 5,759 | 5,580 | ... |
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] |
Religion
[edit]According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.