Country Bulgaria License plate X Population 246,238 (Feb 2011) Municipalities 11 | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website hs.government.bg Capital Haskovo Team PFC Haskovo | |
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Points of interest Villa Armira, Thracian tomb of Aleksandrovo, Monument of the Holy Mother of, Regional Historical Museum, deaf stones Destinations Haskovo, Ivaylovgrad, Mezek, Svilengrad, Dimitrovgrad | ||
Haskovo
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Map of Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
(Bulgarian: Област Хасково - Oblast Haskovo, former name Haskovo okrug) 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 embraces a territory of 5,533.3 km² that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 256,408 inhabitants.
Municipalities
The Haskovo province (Област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (singular: oбщина, 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.
Population
The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 7001489000000000000♠48.9% were male and 7001511000000000000♠51.1% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408 of which 7001258000000000000♠25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 246 238
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 227 382 persons:
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: