Kyustendil Province
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Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:
Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 154 637
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...

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231
Roman Catholics 76
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...

928
Other 1 013
Religion not mentioned 5 649
total 162 534 100%

Language

Mother tongues in the province according to 2001 census:
  • 153,242 Bulgarian
    Bulgarian language
    Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...

     
  • 7,929 Roma (Gypsy)
    Romani language
    Romani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own....

     
  • 1363 others and unspecified

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in the province according to 2001 census:
  • 152,644 Bulgarians
    Bulgarians
    The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...

     
  • 8 294 Roma (Gypsy) 
  • 1596 others and unspecified

See also

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