Dalgopol Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dalgopol Municipality
| native_name = Община Дългопол
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_shield =
| image_map = Dalgopol Municipality Within Bulgaria.png
| map_caption = Dalgopol Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BUL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province {{smaller|(Oblast)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Varna
| subdivision_type2 = Admin. centre {{smaller|(Obshtinski tsentar)}}
| subdivision_name2 = Dalgopol
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{coord|43|0|N|27|20|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 442
|population_as_of = December 2009
|population_total = 14,364
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website =
}}
Dalgopol Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Дългопол}}) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dalgopol.
The municipality embraces a territory of {{cvt|442|km2}} with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,364 inhabitants.{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165626/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1585#cont |date=November 13, 2010 }} The area contains the Tsonevo Reservoir - the third biggest in the country, developed along the Luda Kamchiya river which is the main tributary of Kamchiya river that crosses the municipality from west to east.
Settlements
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{{Image label small|x=1.85|y=1.32|scale=100|text=Image:Capital city marker.svgVarna}}
{{Image label small|x=1.80|y=1.20|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.6|y=1.12|scale=100|text=Aksakovo}}
{{Image label small|x=1.52|y=1.62|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.55|y=1.70|scale=100|text=Avren}}
{{Image label small|x=1.60|y=1.40|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.40|y=1.48|scale=100|text=Beloslav}}
{{Image label small|x=2.00|y=2.35|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=2.08|y=2.35|scale=100|text=Byala}}
{{Image label small|x=0.95|y=1.0|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.62|y=0.92|scale=100|text=Vetrino}}
{{Image label small|x=1.22|y=0.73|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.00|y=0.65|scale=100|text=Valchi Dol}}
{{Image label small|x=1.70|y=2.00|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.35|y=2.08|scale=100|text=Dolni Chiflik}}
{{Image label small|x=1.27|y=1.30|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.16|y=1.22|scale=100|text=Devnya}}
{{Image label small|x=0.80|y=1.82|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=1.90|scale=100|text=Dalgopol}}
{{Image label small|x=0.97|y=1.42|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=0.60|y=1.50|scale=100|text=Provadiya}}
{{Image label small|x=1.32|y=0.95|scale=100|text=•}}
{{Image label small|x=1.35|y=0.87|scale=100|text=Suvorovo}}
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Dalgopol Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
{{Table BG Municipality population
| municipality = Dalgopol
| 1975 = 18,797
| 1985 = 18,232
| 1992 = 16,514
| 2001 = 15,902
| 2005 = 15,002
| 2007 = 14,700
| 2009 = 14,364
| 2011 = ...
| ref 3 = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-division.htm „pop-stat.mashke.org“]
}}
= 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:
{{bar box
|width=300px
|title=Religious composition of Dalgopol Municipality {{cite web|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-religion2011.htm|title=Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011|website=pop-stat.mashke.org}}
|titlebar=#ddd
|bars=
{{bar percent|Orthodox Christianity|blue|41.7}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|0.0}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|0.4}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|49.5}}
{{bar percent|No religion|red|0.7}}
{{bar percent|Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable|gray|7.7}}
}}
The municipality of Dalgopol has a mixed religious composition. At the 2011 census, 49.5% of respondents identified as Muslims and 41.7% as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101104151450/http://www.dalgopol.org/english.htm Official website] {{in lang|en}}
{{Varna Province}}