Novi Pazar Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

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 (obshtina) in Shumen Province

Shumen Province

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, Northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, located between Ludogorie

Ludogorie

The Ludogorie or Deliorman is a region in northeastern Bulgaria stretching over the plateau of the same name. Major cities in the region are Razgrad, Novi Pazar, Pliska and Isperih...

 and Provadia Plateau, not far from South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Novi Pazar

Novi Pazar, Bulgaria

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The municipality embraces a territory of 318 km² with a population of 18,476 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The southernmost part of the area is crossed by the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway

Hemus motorway

The Hemus motorway or Haemus motorway , designated A2, is a motorway currently under construction in Bulgaria. Its planned length is 433 km, of which 129 km are in operation , divided into two sections — Sofia-Yablanitsa and Varna-Shumen...

 which is planned to connect the port of 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...

 with the country capital – Sofia

Sofia

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Settlements

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

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar, Bulgaria -External links:*...	Върбица	12,673
Bedzhene	Беджене	30
Enevo	Енево	448
Izbul	Избул	321
Mirovtsi	Мировци	508
Pamukchii	Памукчии	1,277
Pisarevo	Писарево	95
Praventsi	Правенци	300
Preselka	Преселка	264
Sechishte	Сечище	132
Stan	Стан	524
Stoyan Mihaylovski	Стоян Михайловски	824
Tranitsa	Тръница	140
Voyvoda	Войвода	518
Zaychino Oreshe	Зайчино Ореше	229
Zhilino	Жилино	193
Total		18,476

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

External links

• Official website