Novi Pazar Municipality
Община Нови пазар | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°21′N 27°12′E / 43.350°N 27.200°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Shumen |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Novi Pazar |
Area | |
• Total | 317.65 km2 (122.65 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009)
[1] | |
• Total | 18,476 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Novi Pazar Municipality ( Bulgarian: Община Нови пазар) is a municipality ( obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located between Ludogorie and Provadia Plateau, not far from South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Novi Pazar.
The municipality embraces a territory of 318 km2 (123 sq mi) with a population of 18,476 inhabitants, as of December 2009. [1] The southernmost part of the area is crossed by the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the country capital – Sofia.
Novi Pazar Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):
Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population
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[3]
[4] (December 2009) |
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Novi Pazar | Нови Пазар | 12,673 |
Bedzhene | Беджене | 30 |
Enevo | Енево | 448 |
Izbul | Избул | 321 |
Mirovtsi | Мировци | 508 |
Pamukchii | Памукчии | 1,277 |
Pisarevo | Писарево | 95 |
Praventsi | Правенци | 300 |
Preselka | Преселка | 264 |
Sechishte | Сечище | 132 |
Stan | Стан | 524 |
Stoyan Mihaylovski | Стоян Михайловски | 824 |
Tranitsa | Тръница | 140 |
Voyvoda | Войвода | 518 |
Zaychino Oreshe | Зайчино Ореше | 229 |
Zhilino | Жилино | 193 |
Total | 18,476 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Novi Pazar Municipality | ||||||||
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Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
Population | 25,685 | 24,826 | 20,985 | 19,559 | 19,141 | 18,934 | 18,476 | 16,879 |
Sources: Census 2001, [5] Census 2011, [6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“, [7] |
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:
Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
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Bulgarians | 9872 | 62.9% |
Turks | 3941 | 25.1% |
Roma (Gypsy) | 1720 | 11% |
Other | 59 | 0.4% |
Undeclared | 112 | 0.7% |