Montana Province
Montana Province Област Монтана | |
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![]() Location o Montana Province in Bulgarie | |
Kintra | Bulgarie |
Caipital | Montana |
Municipalities | 11 |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Ivaylo Petrov |
Area | |
• Total | 3,635.5 km2 (1,403.7 sq mi) |
Population (Census February 2011[1]) | |
• Total | 148,098 |
• Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
License plate | M |
Website | www.MontanaBG.org |
Montana Province (Bulgarie: Област Монтана, transliteratit: Oblast Montana) is a province in northwastren Bulgarie, borderin Serbie in the soothwast an Romanie in the north. It spreads its aurie atween the Danube river an Balkan muntain. As o Februar 2011, the province haes a population o 148,098 inhabitants,[1] on territory of 3,635.5 km². It wis namit efter its admeenistrative centre the ceety o Montana.
Municipalities
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The Montana province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis an in Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population as o 2011.
Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop.[2][3][4] | Toun/Veelage | Pop.[3][5][6] |
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Berkovitsa | Берковица | 19,587 | Berkovitsa | 14,124 |
Boychinovtsi | Бойчиновци | 9,611 | Boychinovtsi | 1,588 |
Brusartsi | Брусарци | 5,140 | Brusartsi | 1,277 |
Chiprovtsi | Чипровци | 3,773 | Chiprovtsi | 1,937 |
Georgi Damyanovo | Георги Дамяново | 2,867 | Georgi Damyanovo | 494 |
Lom | Лом | 31,064 | Lom | 25,321 |
Medkovets | Медковец | 4,103 | Medkovets | 1,866 |
Montana | Монтана | 57,064 | Montana | 46,574 |
Valchedram | Вълчедръм | 9,988 | Valchedram | 3,748 |
Varshets | Вършец | 8,424 | Varshets | 6,439 |
Yakimovo | Якимово | 4,481 | Yakimovo | 1,711 |
Demography
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Montana province haed a population o 148,098 accordin tae a 2011 census, o which 49.2% wur male an 50.8% wur female.[7] As o the end o 2009, the population o the province, annooncit bi the Bulgarie Naitional Statistical Institute, numbered 155,899[2] of which 30.5% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]
The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:
Montana Province | |||||||||||
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Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 242,073 | 243,431 | 241,200 | 235,800 | 222,632 | 208,128 | 182,258 | 166,775 | 161,161 | 155,899 | 148,098 |
Soorces: Naitional Stateestical Institute,[2][9][10][11][12] „Census 2001“,[13] „Census 2011“,[1] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[4] |
Releegion
[eedit | eedit soorce]In the 2011 census, 136,175 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd ane o the follaein as their releegion (wi percentage o total population):[14]
Census 2011 | ||
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releegious adherence | population | % |
Orthodox Christians | 100,571 | 73.86% |
Muslims | 94 | 0.07% |
Roman Catholics | 438 | 0.32% |
Protestants | 2,740 | 2.01% |
Ither | 163 | 0.12% |
Releegion no mentioned | 17,323 | 12,72% |
Releegion nane | 14,842 | 10,9% |
total | 136,175 | 100% |
Leid
[eedit | eedit soorce]In the 2001 census, 181,208 fowk frae Montana province identifee'd ane o the follaein as their mither tongue (wi percentage o total population): 160,494 Bulgarie ( 88.1%), 19,849 Roma (Gypsy) ( 10.9%), 220 Turkis ( 0.1%), and 645 other ( 0.4%).[15]
Ethnic groups
[eedit | eedit soorce]Tot population (2011 census): 148 098[16]
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[17] Identified themselves: 143 467 persons:
- Bulgarians: 123 820 (86,31%)
- Gypsies: 18 228 (12,71%)
- Ithers an indefinable: 1 248 (0,87%)
In the 2001 census, 181,175 fowk o the population o 182,258 o Montana Province identified themselves as belangin tae ane o the follaein ethnic groups (wi percentage o tot population):[18]
Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
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Bulgarie | 157,507 | 86.42% |
Turkis | 235 | 0.129% |
Roma (Gypsy) | 22,784 | 12.501% |
Roushie | 272 | 0.149% |
Armenie | 19 | 0.01% |
Vlachs | 19 | 0.01% |
Macedonie | 16 | 0.009% |
Greek | 24 | 0.013% |
Ukrainian | 46 | 0.025% |
Jewish | 3 | 0.002% |
Romanie | - | 0.000% |
Ither | 250 | 0.137% |
Touns an veelages
[eedit | eedit soorce]The place names in bauld hae the status o toun (in Bulgarie: град, transliteratit as grad). Ither localities hae the status o veelage (in Bulgarie: село, transliteratit as selo). The names o localities are transliteratit in Laitin alphabet,[19][20] follaeed in parentheses bi the oreeginal name in Bulgarie Cyrillic alphabet which links taethe correspondin Bulgarie Wikipedia airticle).
Berkovitsa (Берковица)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Berkovitsa municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 19 veelages:
Boychinovtsi (Бойчиновци)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Boychinovtsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 12 veelages:
Brusartsi (Брусарци)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Brusartsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Chiprovtsi (Чипровци)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Chiprovtsi municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Georgi Damyanovo (Георги Дамяново)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Georgi Damyanovo municipality haes 13 veelages:
Lom (Лом)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Lom municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an nine veelages:
Medkovets (Медковец)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Medkovets municipality haes five veelages:
Montana (Монтана)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Montana municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an 23 veelages:
Valchedram (Вълчедръм)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Valchedram municipality haes ane toun (in bauld) an ten veelages:
Varshets (Вършец)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Varshets municipality haes ane toun (in bauld), aicht veelages an ane monastery (which haes offeecial status as a locality[21]):
Yakimovo (Якимово)
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Yakimovo municipality haes fower veelages:
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Provinces o Bulgarie
- Municipalities o Bulgarie
- Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
- Leet of touns an veelages in Montana Province
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c (in Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Census 2011 Archived 2011-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b c (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ↑ a b (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ↑ a b „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1965 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1975 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1985[deid airtin]
- ↑ (in Bulgarie)National Statistical Institute - Population 1992[deid airtin]
- ↑ (in Inglis)National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Mother Tongue from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
- ↑ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarie)
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ↑ Geonames Search Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
- ↑ Montana Region/District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
- ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population Chart, 15.03.2009 from Bulgarian Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
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