Sliven Municipality

Municipality in Sliven Province, Bulgaria

Coat of arms

Location of Sliven Municipality in Sliven Province

42°41′00″N 26°20′00″E / 42.68333°N 26.33333°E / 42.68333; 26.33333Country

BulgariaProvinceSliven ProvinceCapitalSlivenArea

• Total1,366.63 km² (527.66 sq mi)Elevation

261 m (856 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total125,268 • Density92/km² (240/sq mi)

Sliven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливен) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

Ethnic composition of Sliven Municipality

Bulgarians (70.84%)

Turks (3.35%)

Gypsies/Romani (9.7%)

No identification (14.88%)

Other (1.2%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Sliven was 125,268. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (3.35%) and Gypsies/Romani (9.7%).^[1]^[2] 14.88% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Villages

In addition to the capital town of Sliven, there are 44 villages in the municipality:

Bikovo
Binkos
Blatets
Bozhevtsi
Bozadzhii
Byala
Vaglen
Gavrailovo
Gergevets
Glufishevo
Glushnik
Golyamo Chochoveni
Gorno Aleksandrovo
Gradsko
Dragodanovo
Zhelyu Voyvoda
Zaychari
Zlati Voyvoda
Izgrev
Ichera
Kaloyanovo
Kamen
Kermen (town)
Kovachite

Krushare
Malko Chochoveni
Mechkarevo
Mladovo
Nikolaevo
Novachevo
Panaretovtsi
Rakovo
Samuilovo
Seliminovo
Skobelevo
Sotiria
Sredorek
Stara Reka
Staro Selo
Strupets
Topolchane
Trapoklovo
Chintulovo
Chokoba

References

^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.