Haskovo Province


Haskovo Province 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 has a territory of that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of 2009, of 256,408 inhabitants.

Municipalities

The Haskovo province contains 11 municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village, and the population of each as of 2009.
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/VillagePop.
DimitrovgradДимитровград56,882Dimitrovgrad39,510
HarmanliХарманли25,711Harmanli18,557
HaskovoХасково96,499Haskovo77,050
IvaylovgradИвайловград6,761Ivaylovgrad3,756
LyubimetsЛюбимец10,400Lyubimets7,670
MadzharovoМаджарово1,800Madzharovo590
Mineralni BaniМинерални бани6,542Mineralni Bani1,303
SimeonovgradСимеоновград9,371Simeonovgrad7,049
StambolovoСтамболово6,122Stambolovo609
SvilengradСвиленград24,142Svilengrad18,132
TopolovgradТополовград12,178Topolovgrad5,730

Demographics

The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and 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 are inhabitants aged over 60 years.

Ethnic groups

Total population : 246,238
Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves: 227,382 persons:
  • Bulgarians: 180,541
  • Turks: 28,444
  • Romani: 15,889
  • Others and indefinable: 2,508
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: