Targovishte Province
Encyclopedia
Targovishte Province is a province
in northeastern Bulgaria
, named after its main city - Targovishte
. As of December 2009, it has a population of 129,675 inhabitants.
of 137,689 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 129,675 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II
:
- Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Varna
.
Targovishte Airport
is located 13 km from the city of Targovishte. However, it is not being used because of a lack of financial resources.
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
in northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, named after its main city - Targovishte
Targovishte
Targovishte is a city in Bulgaria, capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of Preslav on both banks of the Vrana River. The town is 335 km away to the north-east from the capital Sofia and about 125 km to the west from the city of Varna...
. As of December 2009, it has a population of 129,675 inhabitants.
Municipalities
The Targovishte Province contains 5 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.| Municipality | Cyrillic | Area (km²) | Pop. | Town/Village | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targovishte Targovishte Municipality Targovishte Municipality is a municipality in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan... |
Търговище | 872 | 60,497 | Targovishte Targovishte Targovishte is a city in Bulgaria, capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of Preslav on both banks of the Vrana River. The town is 335 km away to the north-east from the capital Sofia and about 125 km to the west from the city of Varna... |
37,375 |
| Popovo Popovo Municipality Popovo Municipality is a municipality in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the eastern part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Popovo.... |
Попово | 833 | 31,479 | Popovo | 15,548 |
| Omurtag Omurtag Municipality Omurtag Municipality is a municipality in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the so called Fore-Balkan area north of the Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Omurtag.... |
Омуртаг | 401 | 24,256 | Omurtag Omurtag (town) Omurtag is a town at the eastern foot of Stara Planina in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province, situated at 525 m above sea level. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Omurtag Municipality... |
8,725 |
| Antonovo Antonovo Municipality Antonovo Municipality is a municipality in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the transition between the Danubian Plain and the area of the so called Fore-Balkan... |
Антоново | 472 | 6,507 | Antonovo Antonovo Antonovo is a town in the Targovishte Province of northeastern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Antonovo Municipality. Antonovo sits in the Slannik low level mountain area close to the border of the Veliko Tarnovo Province... |
1,453 |
| Opaka | Опака | 156 | 6,936 | Opaka Opaka Opaka is a town in the district of Turgovishte in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873 and covers an area of 57 km².... |
2,873 |
Demography
The Targovishte province had a populationPopulation
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 137,689 according to a 2001 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, of which were male
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
and were female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 129,675 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
:
Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:| Census 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| religious adherence | population | % |
| Orthodox Christians | 75,236 | 54.64% |
| 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 |
58,838 | 42.73% |
| Roman Catholics | 271 | 0.20% |
| 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... |
84 | 0.07% |
| Other | 527 | 0.38% |
| Religion not mentioned | 2,733 | 1.98% |
| total | 137,689 | 100% |
Technical Infrastructure
The length of the road network is 1,171.3 km, 77.6 km of which are first class roads. There are two railway stations on the major railway line SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
- Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, not far from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality...
- Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
.
Targovishte Airport
Targovishte Airport
Targovishte Airport , also known Buhovtsi Airfield, is located near the village of Buhovtsi, 13 km from the city of Targovishte. Its unique location gives a chance for service of an area covering three regions including Targovishte, Shumen and Razgrad Provinces...
is located 13 km from the city of Targovishte. However, it is not being used because of a lack of financial resources.
Towns and villages
The place names in bold have the status of townTown
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
(in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
(in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most recognized alphabet used in the world today. It evolved from a western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, which was adopted and modified by the Etruscans who ruled early Rome...
followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
(which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Antonovo municipality
The Antonovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 56 villages:
AntonovoAntonovoAntonovo is a town in the Targovishte Province of northeastern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Antonovo Municipality. Antonovo sits in the Slannik low level mountain area close to the border of the Veliko Tarnovo Province...
(Антоново)
Bankovets (Банковец)
Bogomolsko (Богомолско)
Bukak (Букак)
Velikovtsi (Великовци)
Velyovo (Вельово)
Glashatay (Глашатай)
Golyamo Dolyane (Голямо Доляне)
Gorna Zlatitsa (Горна Златица)
Devino (Девино)
Dlazhka polyana (Длъжка поляна)
Dobrotitsa (Добротица)
Dolna Zlatitsa (Долна Златица)
Dabravitsa (Дъбравица)
Izvorovo (Изворово)
Kapishte (Капище)
Kitino (Китино)
Konop (Коноп)
Kraypole (Крайполе)
Krusholak (Крушолак)
Kapinets (Къпинец)
Kyosevtsi (Кьосевци)
Lyubichevo (Любичево)
Malka Cherkovna (Малка Черковна)
Malogradets (Малоградец)
Manushevtsi (Манушевци)
Mechovo (Мечово)
Milino (Милино)
Moravitsa (Моравица)
Moravka (Моравка)
Orach (Орач)
Pirinets (Пиринец)
Poroyno (Поройно)
Prisoyna (Присойна)
Pchelno (Пчелно)
Ravno seloRavno SeloRavno Selo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Vrbas, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,478 people .-Name:...
(Равно село)
Razdeltsi (Разделци)
Svirchovo (Свирчово)
Svoboditsa (Свободица)
Semertsi (Семерци)
Slanchovets (Слънчовец)
Stara rechka (Стара речка)
Starchishte (Старчище)
Stevrek (Стеврек)
Stoynovo (Стойново)
Stroynovtsi (Стройновци)
Taymishte (Таймище)
Tihovets (Тиховец)
Treskavets (Трескавец)
Halvadzhiysko (Халваджийско)
Chekantsi (Чеканци)
Cherna voda (Черна вода)
Cherni bryag (Черни бряг)
Shishkovitsa (Шишковица)
Yazovets (Язовец)
Yarebichno (Яребично)
Yastrebino (Ястребино)
Omurtag municipality
The Omurtag municipality has one town (in bold) and 41 villages:
Belomortsi (Беломорци)
Balgaranovo (Българаново)
Velikdenche (Великденче)
Velichka (Величка)
Verentsi (Веренци)
Veselets (Веселец)
Visok (Висок)
Vrani kon (Врани кон)
Golyamo Tsarkvishte (Голямо Църквище)
Gorna Hubavka (Горна Хубавка)
Gorno Kozarevo (Горно Козарево)
Gorno Novkovo (Горно Новково)
Gorsko selo (Горско село)
Dolna Hubavka (Долна Хубавка)
Dolno Kozarevo (Долно Козарево)
Dolno Novkovo (Долно Новково)
Zelena morava (Зелена морава)
Zmeyno (Змейно)
Zvezditsa (Звездица)
Iliyno (Илийно)
Kamburovo (Камбурово)
Kestenovo (Кестеново)
Kozma Prezviter (Козма Презвитер)
Krasnoseltsi (Красноселци)
Mogilets (Могилец)
Obitel (Обител)
OmurtagOmurtag (town)Omurtag is a town at the eastern foot of Stara Planina in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province, situated at 525 m above sea level. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Omurtag Municipality...
(Омуртаг)
Panayot Hitovo (Панайот Хитово)
Panichino (Паничино)
Petrino (Петрино)
Plastina (Плъстина)
Ptichevo (Птичево)
Padarino (Пъдарино)
Parvan (Първан)
Rositsa (Росица)
Ratlina (Рътлина)
Stanets (Станец)
Tapchileshtovo (Тъпчилещово)
Tsarevtsi (Царевци)
Tserovishte (Церовище)
Chernokaptsi (Чернокапци)
Opaka municipality
The Opaka municipality has one town (in bold) and 5 villages:
Golyamo Gradishte (Голямо Градище)
Gorsko AblanovoGorsko AblanovoGorsko Ablanovo is a village in northern Bulgaria. It is located in Opaka municipality in Targovishte Province. As of 15th March 2010, the village has a population of 498....
(Горско Абланово)
Garchinovo (Гърчиново)
Krepcha (Крепча)
Lyublen (Люблен)
OpakaOpakaOpaka is a town in the district of Turgovishte in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873 and covers an area of 57 km²....
(Опака)
Popovo municipality
The Popovo municipality has one town (in bold) and 34 villages:
Aprilovo (Априлово)
Baba Tonka (Баба Тонка)
Berkovski (Берковски)
Braknitsa (Бракница)
Voditsa (Водица)
Gagovo (Гагово)
Gloginka (Глогинка)
Goritsa (Горица)
Dolets (Долец)
Dolna Kabda (Долна Кабда)
Drinovo (Дриново)
Elenovo (Еленово)
Zavetno (Заветно)
Zarevo (Зараево)
Zahari Stoyanovo (Захари Стояново)
Zvezda (Звезда)
Ivancha (Иванча)
Kardam (Кардам)
Kovachevets (Ковачевец)
Kozitsa (Козица)
Konak (Конак)
Lomtsi (Ломци)
Manastiritsa (Манастирица)
Marchino (Марчино)
Medovina (Медовина)
Osikovo (Осиково)
Palamartsa (Паламарца)
Pomoshtitsa (Помощица)
Popovo (Попово)
Posabina (Посабина)
Sadina (Садина)
Svetlen (Светлен)
SlavyanovoSlavyanovo, Targovishte ProvinceSlavyanovo is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, located in Popovo Municipality of the Targovishte Province.-Geography:Slavyanovo is situated in a flat region with a small inclination from the west to the east. There are four little rivers that flow through the village, three of them have their...
(Славяново)
Trastika (Тръстика)
Tsar Asen (Цар Асен)
Targovishte municipality
The Targovishte municipality has one town (in bold) and 51 villages:
Aleksandrovo (Александрово)
Alvanovo (Алваново)
Bayachevo (Баячево)
BistraBistra, Targovishte ProvinceBistra is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, in the Targovishte Municipality of the Targovishte Province.Bistra Glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after the village....
(Бистра)
Bojurka (Божурка)
Bratovo (Братово)
BuhovtsiBuhovtsiBuhovtsi Buhovtzi or Buhovci) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Targovishte Municipality of the Targovishte Province....
(Буховци)
Buynovo (Буйново)
Cherkovna (Черковна)
Dalgach (Дългач)
Davidovo (Давидово)
Draganovets (Драгановец)
Dralfa (Дралфа)
Golyamo Sokolovo (Голямо Соколово)
Golyamo novo (Голямо Ново)
Gorna Kabda (Горна Кабда)
Koprets (Копрец)
Koshnichari (Кошничари)
Kralevo (Кралево)
Krashno (Кръшно)
Lilyak (Лиляк)
Lovets (Ловец)
Makariopolsko (Макариополско)
Makovo (Маково)
Miladinovtsi (Миладиновци)
Mirovets (Мировец)
Momino (Момино)
Nadarevo (Надарево)
Osen (Осен)
Ostrets (Острец)
Ovcharovo (Овчарово)
Paydushko (Пайдушко)
Pevets (Певец)
Podgoritsa (Подгорица)
Preselets (Преселец)
Presian (Пресиян)
Presyak (Пресяк)
Probuda (Пробуда)
ProlazProlazProlaz is a village in the municipality of Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
(Пролаз)
Ralitsa (Ралица)
RazboynaRazboyna, Targovishte ProvinceRazboyna is a village located in the northeastern part of Bulgaria in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province.Razboyna is situated at the northern foot of the Preslav Mountain just by the ring road of Targovishte. The village lies in the vicinity of the Polyanitsa Reservoir...
(Разбойна)
Rosina (Росина)
Ruets (Руец)
Saedinenie (Съединение)
Strazha (Стража)
TargovishteTargovishteTargovishte is a city in Bulgaria, capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of Preslav on both banks of the Vrana River. The town is 335 km away to the north-east from the capital Sofia and about 125 km to the west from the city of Varna...
(Търговище)
Tarnovtsa (Търновца)
Tsvetnitsa (Цветница)
Tvardintsi (Твърдинци)
VardunVardunVardun is a village in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province, Bulgaria.Until the eighties of the past century Vardun had over 300 Bulgarian dwellings and only several gipsy’s . There were not any Turks living in Vardun as yet. Later on urbanization processes incited movements toward chief...
(Вардун)
Vasil Levski (Васил Левски)
Zdravets (Здравец)