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Kaynardzha Municipality

Coordinates: 43°58′N 27°31′E / 43.967°N 27.517°E / 43.967; 27.517
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Kaynardzha Municipality
Община Кайнарджа
Municipality
Kaynardzha Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Kaynardzha Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Coordinates: 43°58′N 27°31′E / 43.967°N 27.517°E / 43.967; 27.517
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Silistra
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)Kaynardzha
Area
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 • Total314.96 km2 (121.61 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2017)Decrease [2]
 • Total5,099
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kaynardzha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кайнарджа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, bounded on the north with Romania. The Danube river is about 25 km away to the north through the Romanian territory. The area is named after its administrative centre – the village of Kaynardzha.

The municipality embraces a territory of 314.96[1] km2 with a population of 5,250 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]

The main road II-71 crosses the area from northwest to southeast, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Dobrich.

Settlements

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Kaynardzha Municipality includes the following 15 places all of them villages:

Town/Village Cyrillic Population[3][4][5]
(December 2009) 		Population[6]
(December 2016)
Kaynardzha Кайнарджа 783 Decrease 610
Davidovo Давидово 177 Increase 200
Dobrudzhanka Добруджанка 136 Decrease 112
Golesh Голеш 1,370 Increase 1,533
Gospodinovo Господиново 40 n/a
Kamentsi Каменци 47 n/a
Kranovo Краново 173 Decrease 89
Polkovnik Cholakovo Полковник Чолаково 217 Increase 245
Poprusanovo Попрусаново 41 n/a
Posev Посев 153 Increase 166
Svetoslav Светослав 133 Decrease 96
Sredishte Средище 1,318 Increase 1,363
Strelkovo Стрелково 32 n/a
Voynovo Войново 180 Decrease 127
Zarnik Зарник 450 Increase 496
Total 5,250 Decrease 5,115

Demography

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The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Kaynardzha Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 8,487 6,467 6,128 5,467 5,409 5,367 5,250 5,070
Sources: Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9]

Demographic indicators

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As of 2016, it is one of the few places in Bulgaria with a natural population growth: there were a total of 87 live births, while 66 people died.[10] The crude birth rate is 17.0‰, while the crude death rate is around 12.9‰. The municipality of Kaynardzha has a total fertility rate of 2.57 children per woman, which is much higher than the average for the country (1.54 children per woman).

Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 6,157 84 99 −15 13.6 16.1 −2.4
2001 5,485 89 103 −14 16.2 18.8 −2.6
2002 5,427 70 98 −28 12.9 18.1 −5.2
2003 5,419 85 102 −17 15.7 18.8 −3.1
2004 5,391 99 92 +7 18.4 17.1 +1.3
2005 5,409 79 83 −4 14.6 15.3 −0.7
2006 5,401 91 85 +6 16.8 15.7 +1.1
2007 5,367 78 71 +7 14.5 13.2 +1.3
2008 5,300 87 72 +15 16.4 13.6 +2.8
2009 5,250 89 73 +16 17.0 13.9 +3.0
2010 5,175 92 80 +12 17.8 15.5 +2.3
2011 5,059 81 93 −12 16.0 18.4 −2.4
2012 5,081 80 73 +7 15.7 14.4 +1.4
2013 5,102 95 68 +27 18.6 13.3 +5.3
2014 5,096 79 54 +25 15.5 10.6 +4.9
2015 5,107 71 61 +10 13.9 11.9 +2.0
2016 5,115 87 66 +21 17.0 12.9 +4.1
2017 5,099 80 85 −5 15.7 16.7 −1.0
2018 5,076 61 63 −2 12.0 12.4 -0.4

Ethnic groups

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Turks form the majority of the population of Kaynardzha Municipality. Bulgarians constitutie the largest minority, followed by a large Roma population.

Ethnic groups in Kaynardzha Municipality (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 30.1%
Turks
 
 53.7%
Roma
 
 15.5%
others and indefinable
 
 0.7%

Religion

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In 2011, about 67.8% of the total population declared to be Muslim. The municipality of Kaynardzha has the highest share of Shia people in Bulgaria: around 52% of the population declared to be Shia in the census of 2001.[11] About 27% of the population belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

Population of Kaynardzha (municipality) by religion[12]
Muslims
 
 67.8%
Orthodox
 
 27.4%
No religion
 
 2.3%
Protestants
 
 0.1%
prefer not to answer
 
 2.2%

Age structure

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The municipality of Kaynardzha has a very young population compared to other places in Bulgaria.

Population pyramid 2016 (est.)
%MalesAgeFemales%
n/d
 
 85+
 
 n/d
1.33
 
 80–84
 
 1.43
0.98
 
 75–79
 
 1.45
1.66
 
 70–74
 
 2.29
2.11
 
 65–69
 
 2.23
2.29
 
 60–64
 
 2.21
2.50
 
 55–59
 
 2.44
3.23
 
 50–54
 
 2.39
3.42
 
 45–49
 
 3.58
3.05
 
 40–44
 
 3.03
3.36
 
 35–39
 
 2.89
3.52
 
 30–34
 
 2.82
4.29
 
 25–29
 
 3.40
3.62
 
 20–24
 
 3.52
3.54
 
 15–19
 
 3.19
3.93
 
 10–14
 
 3.85
4.34
 
 5–9
 
 4.34
3.73
 
 0–4
 
 4.09

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b (in Bulgarian)Characterization of Silistra Province Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  5. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  6. ^ (in English) [1]
  7. ^ National Statistical Institute – Census 2001
  8. ^ ""pop-stat.mashke.org"".
  9. ^ "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. February 1, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  10. ^ "Deaths by districts, municipalities and sex - National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg.
  11. ^ "Statistics". www.nsi.bg. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  12. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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