Novi Pazar Municipality

Novi Pazar Municipality Община Нови пазар
—  Municipality  —
Novi Pazar Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates: 43°21′N 27°12′E / 43.35°N 27.2°E / 43.35; 27.2Coordinates: 43°21′N 27°12′E / 43.35°N 27.2°E / 43.35; 27.2
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Novi Pazar
Area
– Total	318 km2 (122.8 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
– Total	18,476
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Novi Pazar Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Нови пазар) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located between Ludogorie and Provadia Plateau, not far from South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Novi Pazar.

The municipality embraces a territory of 318 km² with a population of 18,476 inhabitants, as of December 2009.^[1] The southernmost part of the area is crossed by the eastern operating section of Hemus motorway which is planned to connect the port of Varna with the country capital – Sofia.

Settlements

Shumen

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Kaspichan

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Novi Pazar

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Veliki Preslav

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Smyadovo

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Varbitsa

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Kaolinovo

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Hitrino

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Venets

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Nikola Kozlevo

Novi Pazar Municipality within Shumen Province

Novi Pazar Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):

Town/Village	Cyrillic	Population[2][3][4] (December 2009)
Novi Pazar	Върбица	12,673
Bedzhene	Беджене	30
Enevo	Енево	448
Izbul	Избул	321
Mirovtsi	Мировци	508
Pamukchii	Памукчии	1,277
Pisarevo	Писарево	95
Praventsi	Правенци	300
Preselka	Преселка	264
Sechishte	Сечище	132
Stan	Стан	524
Stoyan Mihaylovski	Стоян Михайловски	824
Tranitsa	Тръница	140
Voyvoda	Войвода	518
Zaychino Oreshe	Зайчино Ореше	229
Zhilino	Жилино	193
Total		18,476

Demography

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

Novi Pazar Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	25,685	24,826	20,985	19,559	19,141	18,934	18,476	...
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
2. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
3. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
4. ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
5. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001
6. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“

External links

• Official website (Bulgarian)