Kotel Municipality
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| subdivision_name1 = Sliven Province
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Kotel
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| area_total_km2 = 858.306
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| population_total = 19,391
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| postal_code = 8970
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| area_code = 0453
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Kotel Municipality ({{langx|bg|Община Котел}}) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.
Demography
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|caption=Ethnic composition of Kotel Municipality
|label1=Bulgarians|value1=36.22|color1=#80ff80
|label2=Turks|value2=29.87|color2=#ff8080
|label3=Gypsies/Romani|value3=24.7|color3=#80ffff
|label4=No identification|value4=8.14|color4=#c0c0c0
|label5=Other|value5=1.05|color5=#555555}}
At the 2011 census, the population of Kotel was 19,391. Most of the inhabitants were either Bulgarians (36.22%), Turks (29.87%), or Gypsies/Romani (24.7%).{{cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-ethnic-loc2011.htm | title=Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011 | publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria | accessdate=20 June 2019}}{{cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-ethnic-loc2011.htm | title=Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011| publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria | accessdate=20 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193806/http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/Census2011_ethnos.xls | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead }} 8.14% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.
Villages
In addition to the capital town of Kotel, there are 21 villages in the municipality:
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