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Haskovo Province - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°50′N 25°55′E / 41.833°N 25.917°E

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Haskovo Област Хасково
Province
Kovan Kaya Rock
Flag
Location of Haskovo in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Capital	Haskovo
Municipalities	11
Government
• Governor	Stanislav Dechev
Area ^[1]
• Total	5,533.29 km² (2,136.42 sq mi)
Population (December 2022)^[2]
• Total	207,439
• Density	37/km² (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	X
Website	hs.government.bg

Haskovo Province (Bulgarian: Област Хасково - Oblast Haskovo, former name Haskovo okrug, Turkish: Hasköy) 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 has a territory of 5,533.3 km² (2,136.4 sq mi)^[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009^[update], of 256,408 inhabitants.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Municipalities

The Haskovo province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities^[5] (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009^[update].

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.^[2]^[3]^[4]	Town/Village	Pop.^[4]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Dimitrovgrad	Димитровград	56,882	Dimitrovgrad	39,510
Harmanli	Харманли	25,711	Harmanli	18,557
Haskovo	Хасково	96,499	Haskovo	77,050
Ivaylovgrad	Ивайловград	6,761	Ivaylovgrad	3,756
Lyubimets	Любимец	10,400	Lyubimets	7,670
Madzharovo	Маджарово	1,800	Madzharovo	590
Mineralni Bani	Минерални бани	6,542	Mineralni Bani	1,303
Simeonovgrad	Симеоновград	9,371	Simeonovgrad	7,049
Stambolovo	Стамболово	6,122	Stambolovo	609
Svilengrad	Свиленград	24,142	Svilengrad	18,132
Topolovgrad	Тополовград	12,178	Topolovgrad	5,730

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1946	235,248	—
1956	272,100	+15.7%
1965	287,996	+5.8%
1975	330,132	+14.6%
1985	334,584	+1.3%
1992	306,058	−8.5%
2001	277,478	−9.3%
2011	246,238	−11.3%
2021	211,565	−14.1%
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org^[10]

The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.^[11]

As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408^[3] of which 25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.^[12]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Haskovo Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group			Percentage
Bulgarians			79.4%
Turks			12.5%
Romani			7.0%
others and indefinable			1.1%

Total population (2011 census): 246,238^[13]
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[14] Identified themselves: 227,382 persons:

Bulgarians: 180,541 (79.40%)
Turks: 28,444 (12.50%)
Romani: 15,889 (6.99%)
Others and indefinable: 2,508 (1.10%)

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:^[15]

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	227,593	82.03%
Muslims	33,780	12.17%
Protestants	1,846	0.67%
Roman Catholics	426	0.15%
Other	1,833	0.66%
Religion not mentioned	12,000	4.32%
total	277,478	100%

References

^ ^a ^b (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
^ ^a ^b ^c (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
^ Oblast Haskovo Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, official website
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
^ (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
^ "Divisions of Bulgaria". 2024-04-03.
^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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