محافظة ستارا زاگورا

Coordinates: 42°25′N 25°30′E / 42.417°N 25.500°E / 42.417; 25.500

Stara Zagora Province
Област Стара Загора
Location of Stara Zagora Province in Bulgaria
Location of Stara Zagora Province in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalStara Zagora
Municipalities11
الحكومة
 • GovernorGergana Mikova
المساحة
 • الإجمالي5٬151٫1 كم² (1٬988٫9 ميل²)
التعداد
 (February 2011)[2]
 • الإجمالي333٬265
 • الكثافة65/km2 (170/sq mi)
منطقة التوقيتUTC+2 (EET)
 • الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateCT
الموقع الإلكترونيsz.government.bg

ستارا زاگورا (Stara Zagora ؛ بالبلغارية: Област Стара Загора)، وكانت تُعرف سابقاً بإسم أُكروگ ستارا زاگورا، هي محافظة of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country. The province embraces a territory of 5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi)[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 350,925 inhabitants.[2][3][4]

In the southeastern part of the province on the edge of Radnevo Municipality there is a coal production facility. Between 1934 and 1949, the province included parts of the present Kardzhali Province.[5]

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البلديات

خريطة بلديات محافظة ستارا زاگورا

The Stara Zagora province (област, oblast) contains 11 municipalities (بالبلغارية: община - plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][4] Town/Village Pop.[3][6][7][8]
Bratya Братя Даскалови 9,724 Bratya Daskalovi 750
Chirpan Чирпан 23,470 Chirpan 16,355
Gurkovo Гурково 5,273 Gurkovo 2,917
Galabovo Гълъбово 14,269 Galabovo 8,404
Kazanlak Казанлък 76,447 Kazanlak 49,506
Maglizh Мъглиж 12,267 Maglizh 3,426
Nikolaevo Николаево 4,840 Nikolaevo 2,872
Opan Опан 3,501 Opan 466
Pavel Banya Павел баня 14,703 Pavel Banya 2,918
Radnevo Раднево 21,959 Radnevo 13,384
Stara Zagora Стара Загора 164,472 Stara Zagora 140,456


التعداد

The Stara Zagora province had a population of 370,665 (370,615 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female.[9] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 350,925[2] of which 25.2% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[10]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

محافظة Stara Zagora
السنة 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
السكان 306,181 322,252 359,486 394,607 410,905 397,337 370,665 361,146 356,984 350,925 333 265
المصادر: المعهد الإحصائي الوطني،[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „تعداد 2011“،[4] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

الجماعات العرقية

الجماعات العرقية في محافظة ستارا زاگورا (تعداد 2011)
الجماعة العرقية النسبة
بلغار
  
86.2%
غجر
  
7.8%
أتراك
  
4.9%
آخرون وغير معرّفين
  
1.1%

According to the most recent 2011 census, out of the 333,265[11] people, 308,106[12] Identified themselves:

A further 25,000 persons in the Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 370,615 people of the population of 370,665 of Stara Zagora Province identified themselves (with percentage of total population):[13]

الأديان

الأديان في محافظة ستارا زاگورا (تعداد 2011)[14]
الجماعة الدينية النسبة
المسيحيون الأرثوذكس
  
63.14%
المسلمون
  
3.5%
المسيحيون الپروتستانت
  
1.64%
المسيحيون الكاثوليك
  
0.3%
غيرهم وغير معرّفين
  
31.38%

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[15]

تعداد 2001
تعداد أتباع الدين %
مسيحيون أرثوذكس 329,628 88.94%
مسلمون 21,423 5.78%
الپروتستانت 4,094 1.10%
Catholics 522 0.14%
Other 1558 0.42%
Religion not mentioned 13,390 3.62%
الإجمالي 370,615 100%

المدينة الرئيسية

Stara Zagora is a cultural centre of particular significance for Bulgaria as it is an ancient Thracian, subsequently Greek, Roman and Byzantine metropolis. The oldest Neolithic remains were found in Stara Zagora. The famous film of BBC The History of Europe starts with the Neolithic museum in Stara Zagora. It shows the remains of the first homes of the people in Europe. Stara Zagora is one of the oldest cities in Europe.[بحاجة لمصدر]

In October 2004, Stara Zagora Province was awarded for having the best quality of life in Europe,[بحاجة لمصدر] together with Greater Zürich (Switzerland), and ahead of Andalucia (Spain), and Flanders (Belgium). The award was given by fDi Magazine, produced by the renowned Financial Times Group, for the region's low-cost, newly built accommodation and rich cultural heritage.

In November 2014 the Maritsa Iztok-2 power station located in the East of Stara Zgora Province was ranked as the industrial facility that is causing the highest damage costs to health and the environment in Bulgaria and the entire European Union by the European Environment Agency.[16]

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المراجع

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  2. ^ أ ب ت ث ج (in إنگليزية) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  3. ^ أ ب ت ث (in إنگليزية) „WorldCityPopulation“
  4. ^ أ ب ت „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  5. ^ http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino
  6. ^ (in إنگليزية) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  7. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  8. ^ (in إنگليزية) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  9. ^ (in بلغارية) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  10. ^ (in إنگليزية) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ (in بلغارية) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
  12. ^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in بلغارية)
  13. ^ (in بلغارية) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  14. ^ ""Religious composition: 2011 census"". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  15. ^ (in بلغارية) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
  16. ^ "Industrial facilities causing the highest damage costs to health and the environment". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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