Glavinitsa Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

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 (obshtina) in Silistra Province

Silistra Province

Silistra Province is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into 7 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659 inhabitants....

, Northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain

Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)

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 in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Glavinitsa

Glavinitsa

Glavinitsa is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Silistra Province. It is the administrative centre of Glavinitsa Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of Silistra Province, in the historical region of Southern Dobruja...

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The municipality embraces a territory of 481.23 km² with a population of 12,610 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The main road II-21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra

Silistra

Silistra is a port city of northeastern Bulgaria, lying on the southern bank of the lower Danube at the country's border with Romania. Silistra is the administrative centre of Silistra Province and one of the important cities of the historical region of Southern Dobrudzha...

 with the city of Ruse.

Settlements

Glavinitsa Municipality includes the following 23 places all of them villages:

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Glavinitsa Glavinitsa Glavinitsa is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Silistra Province. It is the administrative centre of Glavinitsa Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of Silistra Province, in the historical region of Southern Dobruja...	Главиница	1,928
Bashtino	Бащино	167
Bogdantsi	Богданци	699
Chernogor	Черногор	451
Dichevo	Дичево	471
Dolno Ryahovo	Долно Ряхово	405
Kalugerene	Калугерене	551
Kolarovo	Коларово	369
Kosara	Косара	213
Listets	Листец	583
Malak Preslavets	Малък Преславец	365
Nozharevo	Ножарево	572
Osen	Осен	144
Padina	Падина	415
Podles	Подлес	187
Sokol	Сокол	353
Kosara	Стефан Караджа	1,031
Suhodol	Суходол	775
Valkan	Вълкан	383
Zaritsa	Зарица	446
Zafirovo	Зафирово	933
Zvenimir	Звенимир	454
Zebil	Зебил	715
Total		12,610

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Glavinitsa Municipality has comprised the former municipality of General Zafirovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.

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

External links

• Official website