Country Bulgaria License plate T Population 120,818 (Feb 2011) Municipalities 5 | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website tg.government.bg Capital Targovishte | |
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Points of interest Balkan Mountains, History Museum Popovo, Ethnographic Museum, Kovachevsko kale, House‑museum Nikola Marinov | ||
Targovishte Province (Bulgarian: Област Търговище, transliterated Oblast Tǎrgovište, former name Targovishte okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, named after its main city - Targovishte. As of December 2009, it has a population of 129,675 inhabitants.
Contents
- Map of TC3A2rgoviC59Fte Bulgaria
- Municipalities
- Population
- Ethnic groups
- Religion
- Technical Infrastructure
- Towns and villages
- Antonovo municipality
- Omurtag municipality
- Opaka municipality
- Popovo municipality
- Targovishte municipality
- References
Map of T%C3%A2rgovi%C5%9Fte, Bulgaria
Municipalities
The Targovishte Province contains 5 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
Population
The Targovishte province had a population of 137,689 according to a 2001 census, of which 7001492000000000000♠49.2% were male and 7001508000000000000♠50.8% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 129,675 of which 7001241000000000000♠24.1% 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): 120 818
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 106 800 persons:
A further 14 000 persons in Targovishte Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:
Technical Infrastructure
The length of the road network is 1,171.3 km, 77.6 km of which are first class roads. There are two railway stations on the major railway line Sofia- Gorna Oryahovitsa - Varna.
Targovishte Airport is located 13 km from the city of Targovishte. However, it is not being used because of a lack of financial resources.
Towns and villages
The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic script (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Antonovo municipality
The Antonovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 56 villages:
Omurtag municipality
The Omurtag municipality has one town (in bold) and 41 villages:
Opaka municipality
The Opaka municipality has one town (in bold) and 5 villages:
Popovo municipality
The Popovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 34 villages:
Targovishte municipality
The Targovishte municipality has one town (in bold) and 51 villages: