Hitrino Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 (obshtina) in Shumen Province

Shumen Province

-Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Transportation:Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city. The city is also very well connected with Istanbul which serves the large Turkish community in...

, Northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, located in the Ludogorie

Ludogorie

The Ludogorie or Deliorman is a region in northeastern Bulgaria stretching over the plateau of the same name. Major cities in the region are Razgrad, Novi Pazar, Pliska and Isperih...

 geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain

Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)

The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...

. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Hitrino

Hitrino

Hitrino is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Hitrino Municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of Shumen Province....

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The municipality embraces a territory of 288 km² with a population of 6,423 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

Settlements

Hitrino Municipality includes the following 23 places, all of them are villages:

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Hitrino Hitrino Hitrino is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Hitrino Municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of Shumen Province....	Хитрино	715
Baykovo	Байково	148
Bliznatsi	Близнаци	221
Cherna	Черна	318
Dlazhko	Длъжко	161
Dobri Voynikovo	Добри Войниково	160
Edinakovtsi	Единаковци	124
Iglika	Иглика	205
Kalino	Калино	180
Kamenyak	Каменяк	537
Razvigorovo	Развигорово	251
Slivak	Сливак	185
Stanovets	Становец	46
Studenitsa	Студеница	454
Tervel	Тервел	285
Timarevo	Тимарево	791
Trem	Трем	280
Visoka Polyana	Висока поляна	211
Varbak	Върбак	344
Zhivkovo	Живково	567
Zvegor	Звегор	240
Total		6,423

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

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