Haskovo Province is a province

Provinces of Bulgaria

Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...

 in southern Bulgaria

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, neighbouring Greece

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 and Turkey

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 to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa

Maritsa

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. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Haskovo

Haskovo

Haskovo , is a city, an administrative centre of the homonymous Haskovo Province in southern Bulgaria, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. As of February 2011, it has a population of 74,843 inhabitants....

. 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.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.	Town/Village	Pop.
Dimitrovgrad	Димитровград	56,882	Dimitrovgrad Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Dimitrovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria, located close to the province capital - Haskovo. It is a newly founded settlement, built in the end of the 1940s. and named after the communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous...	39,510
Harmanli	Харманли	25,711	Harmanli Harmanli Harmanli is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Harmanli Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 18,557 inhabitants....	18,557
Haskovo	Хасково	96,499	Haskovo Haskovo Haskovo , is a city, an administrative centre of the homonymous Haskovo Province in southern Bulgaria, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. As of February 2011, it has a population of 74,843 inhabitants....	77,050
Ivaylovgrad	Ивайловград	6,761	Ivaylovgrad Ivaylovgrad Ivaylovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south-east of Bulgaria set near the river Arda in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ivaylovgrad Municipality...	3,756
Lyubimets	Любимец	10,400	Lyubimets Lyubimets Lyubimets is a small town in Haskovo Province, southern-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Lyubimets Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 7,670 inhabitants....	7,670
Madzharovo	Маджарово	1,800	Madzharovo Madzharovo Madzharovo is a small Bulgarian town in the Eastern Rhodopes, part of Haskovo Province, situated on the banks of the river Arda. It has a population of only 590, as of December 2009, making it one of the smallest in the country...	590
Mineralni bani	Минерални бани	6,542	Mineralni bani Mineralni Bani Haskovski Mineralni Bani, officially known as Mineralni Bani is a spa village in central southern Bulgaria, part of Haskovo Province. It is the administrative centre of Mineralni Bani municipality, which lies in the westernmost part of Haskovo Province...	1,303
Simeonovgrad	Симеоновград	9,371	Simeonovgrad Simeonovgrad Simeonovgrad is a town in southern Bulgaria, located in Haskovo Province on both banks of the Maritsa River. Three bridges connect the town's two parts. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Simeonovgrad Municipality...	7,049
Stambolovo	Стамболово	6,122	Stambolovo Stambolovo, Haskovo Province Stambolovo is a village in central southern Bulgaria, part of Haskovo Province. It is the administrative centre of Stambolovo municipality, which is located in the southwestern part of Haskovo Province...	609
Svilengrad	Свиленград	24,142	Svilengrad Svilengrad Svilengrad is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria, situated at the border of Turkey and Greece. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Svilengrad Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 18,132 inhabitants....	18,132
Topolovgrad	Тополовград	12,178	Topolovgrad Topolovgrad Topolovgrad is a town in south-central Bulgaria, part of Haskovo Province, situated at the northern foot of the Sakar Mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Topolovgrad Municipality...	5,730

Demography

The Haskovo province had a population

Population

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 of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census

Census

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, of which were male

Male

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 and were female

Female

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.
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.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II

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:

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	227,593	82.03%
Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... s	33,780	12.17%
Roman Catholics	426	0.15%
Protestants Protestantism Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...	1,846	0.67%
Other	1,833	0.66%
Religion not mentioned	12,000	4.32%
total	277,478	100%

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
  Provinces of Bulgaria
  Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
  
  
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
  Municipalities of Bulgaria
  The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
  
  
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
• List of villages in Haskovo Province

External links

• hs.government.bg