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Pleven Province



Pleven Province or Pleven Oblast is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. Pleven Province embraces a territory of 4,333.54 km² and a population of 310,449. The capital is the city of Pleven.

Naming

The following Bulgarian terms may be used:
* Плевенска област /Plevenska oblast/
* Област Плевен /Oblast Pleven/
* Плевенски окръг /Plevenski okrag/ - obsolete
* Окръг Плевен /Okrag Pleven/ - obsolete

Geography

The province is part of the Danubian plain. It is crossed from south to north by the rivers Iskar, Vit and Osam (from west to east); the river valleys are separated by limestone plateaus.

Administrative subdivision

Map of Pleven Province with municipial centres marked

Pleven Province is subdivided into the following municipalities (община /obshtina/). All towns (in bold) and villages are listed.
* Belene municipality: Belene, Byala Voda, Dekov, Kulina Voda, Petokladentsi, Tatari
* Gulyantsi municipality: Brest, Pleven Province, Gigen, Iskar, Gulyantsi, Dolni Vit, Dabovan, Zagrazhden, Kreta, Lenkovo, Milkovitsa, Somovit, Shiyakovo
* Dolna Mitropoliya municipality: Baykal, Bivolare, Bozhuritsa, Bregare, Gorna Mitropoliya, Gostilya, Dolna Mitropoliya, Komarevo, Krushovene, Orehovitsa, Pobeda, Podem, Riben, Slavovitsa, Stavertsi, Trastenik
* Dolni Dabnik municipality: Barkach, Gorni Dabnik, Gradina, Dolni Dabnik, Krushovitsa, Petarnitsa, Sadovets
* Levski municipality: Asenovtsi, Asparuhovo, Bozhurluk, Balgarene, Varana, Gradishte, Izgrev, Kozar Belene, Levski, Malchika, Obnova, Stezherovo, Tranchovitsa
* Nikopol municipality: Asenovo, Batsova Mahala, Vubel, Debovo, Dragash Voyvoda, Evlogievo, Zhernov, Lozitsa, Lyubenovo, Muselievo, Nikopol, Novachene, Sanadinovo, Cherkovitsa
* Iskar municipality: Dolni Lukovit, Iskar, Pisarovo, Staroseltsi
* Pleven municipality: Beglezh, Bohot, Brestovets, Brashlyanitsa, Bukovlak, Varbitsa, Gortalovo, Grivitsa, Disevitsa, Koilovtsi, Kartozhabene, Kashin, Laskar, Mechka, Nikolaevo, Opanets, Pelishat, Pleven, Radishevo, Ralevo, Slavyanovo, Todorovo, Tuchenitsa, Tarnene, Yasen
* Pordim municipality: Borislav, Valchi Tran, Zgalevo, Kamenets, Kateritsa, Odarne, Pordim, Totleben
* Cherven Bryag municipality: Breste, Glava, Gornik, Deventsi, Koynare, Lepitsa, Radomirtsi, Rakita, Reselets, Ruptsi, Suhache, Telish, Cherven Bryag, Chomakovtsi
* Knezha municipality: Brenitsa, Enitsa, Knezha, Lazarovo

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of the province is 311,985, of which Bulgarians constitute an overwhelming majority of 280,475. 16,931 signed as Turks (though this number very likely also includes many Roma) and 9,777 as Roma.

In terms of religion, 275,112 declared to be Eastern Orthodox, 15,681 Muslim and 7,065 Roman Catholic (second largest number in the country).

283,626 people specified Bulgarian as their mother tongue, 14,947 declared to speak Turkish at home, while the native speakers of Roma are 8,861.

External links

* Pleven Municipality
* Pleven Province



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