Smolyan Province

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Smolyan Province
Област Смолян
Province
Location of Smolyan Province in Bulgaria
Location of Smolyan Province in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalSmolyan
Municipalities10
Area
[1]
 • Total3,192.8 km2 (1,232.7 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2011)[2]
 • Total121,572
 • Density38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateCM
Websiteregion-smolyan.org

Smolyan Province is a province in Bulgaria. The capital city is also named Smolyan.

Municipalities

Smolyan Province has 10 municipalities.[3] The following table shows the names of each municipality, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality Pop.[2] Town/Village Pop.[4][5][6][7]
Banite 4,972 Banite 1,047
Borino 3,618 Borino 2,516
Chepelare 8,045 Chepelare 5,412
Devin 13,204 Devin 7,054
Dospat 9,526 Dospat 2,604
Madan 12,606 Madan 6,007
Nedelino 7,577 Nedelino 4,641
Rudozem 9,801 Rudozem 3,583
Smolyan 43,186 Smolyan 31,718
Zlatograd 12,260 Zlatograd 7,110

References
  1. (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  3. Oblast Haskovo Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  6. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  7. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009



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