Varbitsa 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 vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern Stara planina mountain to the area of the so called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Varbitsa

Varbitsa (town)

Varbitsa is a town in eastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of Varbitsa Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of Shumen Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,585 inhabitants....

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The municipality embraces a territory of 419.36 km² with a population of 10,492 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The area contains the Ticha Reservoir

Ticha Reservoir

Ticha Reservoir is a reservoir in Varbitsa Municipality, Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria, located to the north and northeast of the town of Varbitsa. It is one of the largest lakes of Bulgaria...

 - one of the biggest in the country, developed along the Kamchiya

Kamchiya

The Kamchiya is a 244.5 km long river in eastern Bulgaria, the longest river on the Balkan Peninsula to flow directly into the Black Sea...

 river. It is the reservoir with the largest perimeter in Bulgaria.

Settlements

Varbitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Varbitsa Varbitsa (town) Varbitsa is a town in eastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of Varbitsa Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of Shumen Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,585 inhabitants....	Върбица	3,585
Byala Reka	Бяла река	1,162
Bozhurovo	Божурово	243
Chernookovo	Чернооково	547
Ivanovo	Иваново	453
Konevo	Конево	247
Kraygortsi	Крайгорци	209
Kyolmen	Кьолмен	84
Lovets	Ловец	392
Malomir	Маломир	510
Mengishevo	Менгишево	449
Metodievo	Методиево	393
Nova Byala Reka	Нова Бяла река	520
Stanyantsi	Станянци	546
Sushina	Сушина	308
Tushovitsa	Тушовица	844
Total		10,492

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