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Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality
Община Горна Оряховица— Municipality — Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Coordinates: 43°9′N 25°42′E / 43.15°N 25.7°ECoordinates: 43°9′N 25°42′E / 43.15°N 25.7°E Country 
BulgariaProvince (Oblast) Veliko Tarnovo Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Gorna Oryahovitsa Area - Total 318 km2 (122.8 sq mi) Population (December 2009)[1] - Total 48,695 Time zone EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Горна Оряховица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria. It covers an area of 318 km² with a total population of 48,695 people (as of 2009-12-31)[1]. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, which is situated at the foot of Arbanashka Mountain, along the Yantra River.
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Settlements
SvishtovElenaStrazhitsaPavlikeniSuhindolPolski TrambeshLyaskovetsZlataritsaGorna Oryahovitsa Municipality within Veliko Tarnovo ProvinceThe municipality has 14 settlements (2 towns and 12 villages).
The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo). The names of localities are transliterated in Latin alphabet[2][3], followed in parentheses by the original name in Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet (which links to the corresponding Bulgarian Wikipedia article).
Town/Village Cyrillic Population[4][5][6]
(December 2009)Dolna Oryahovitsa Долна Оряховица 3,027 Draganovo Драганово 2,730 Gorna Oryahovitsa Горна Оряховица 32,436 Gorski Dolen Trambesh Горски Долен Тръмбеш 381 Gorski Goren Trambesh Горски Горен Тръмбеш 202 Krusheto Крушето 947 Paisiy Паисий 197 Parvomaytsi Първомайци 2,829 Pisarevo Писарево 1,079 Polikraishte Поликрайще 2,029 Pravda Правда 637 Strelets Стрелец 379 Varbitsa Върбица 1,186 Yantra Янтра 636 Total 48,695 Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011 Population 58,413 62,367 58,529 53,142 50,909 49,707 48,695 ... Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? See also
References
- ^ a b c (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ Geonames Search at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - reference for location names
- ^ Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, Veliko Turnovo District at Guide-Bulgaria.com - reference for location names
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
- ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
External links
- Official website (Bulgarian)
- Gorna.bg Informational portal for municipality of Gorna Oryahovitsa (Bulgarian)(Bulgarian)
Elena · Gorna Oryahovitsa · Lyaskovets · Pavlikeni · Polski Trambesh · Strazhitsa · Svishtov · Suhindol · Veliko Tarnovo · Zlataritsa
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