Omurtag Municipality is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 (obshtina) in Targovishte Province

Targovishte Province

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.-Municipalities:...

, Northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, 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

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...

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The municipality embraces a territory of 401.7 km² with a total population of 21,356 inhabitants, as of February 2011. The main road E772

European route E772

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 crosses the area connecting its main town with the province centre Targovishte

Targovishte

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, to the northeast, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo

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 to the west.

Settlements

Omurtag Municipality includes the following 43 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population (December 2009)
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...	Омуртаг	8,725
Belomortsi	Беломорци	1,055
Balgaranovo	Българаново	219
Chernokaptsi	Чернокапци	315
Dolna Hubavka	Долна Хубавка	216
Dolno Kozarevo	Долно Козарево	439
Dolno Novkovo	Долно Новково	145
Golyamo Tsarkvishte	Голямо Църквище	364
Gorna Hubavka	Горна Хубавка	358
Gorno Kozarevo	Горно Козарево	262
Gorno Novkovo	Горно Новково	215
Gorsko Selo	Горско село	151
Iliyno	Илийно	621
Kamburovo	Камбурово	1,199
Kestenovo	Кестеново	308
Kozma Prezviter	Козма Презвитер	574
Krasnoseltsi	Красноселци	231
Mogilets	Могилец	377
Obitel	Обител	614
Panayot Hitovo	Панайот Хитово	320
Panichino	Паничино	181
Petrino	Петрино	152
Plastina	Плъстина	628
Ptichevo	Птичево	259
Padarino	Пъдарино	559
Parvan	Първан	347
Rositsa	Росица	11
Ratlina	Рътлина	235
Stanets	Станец	251
Tapchileshtovo	Тъпчилещово	107
Tsarevtsi	Царевци	62
Tserovishte	Церовище	645
Ugledno	Угледно	150
Velikdenche	Великденче	297
Velichka	Величка	500
Verentsi	Веренци	473
Veselets	Веселец	159
Visok	Висок	278
Vrani Kon	Врани кон	726
Zelena Morava	Зелена морава	593
Zmeyno	Змейно	179
Zvezditsa	Звездица	756
Total		24,256

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Omurtag Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Obitel 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