Ardino Municipality
Община Ардино
Municipality
Ardino is located in Bulgaria
Ardino
Ardino
Coordinates: 41°35′N 25°8′E / 41.583°N 25.133°E / 41.583; 25.133
CountryBulgaria
ProvinceKardzhali
MunicipalityArdino
Area
 • Total341.45 km2 (131.83 sq mi)
Population
 (1-Feb-2011)
 • Total13,326
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.ardino.bg
Ardino municipality within Kardzhali Province

Ardino Municipality is a municipality in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. It includes the town of Ardino and 51 nearby villages.

Demographics

As of December 2018, the municipality of Ardino has 12,792 inhabitants. Only 4,002 inhabitants live in the town of Ardino and the remainder in one of the 51 villages.[1]

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

1946 Census 1956 Census 1965 Census 1975 Census 1985 Census 1992 Census 2001 Census 2011 Census 2018 Estimate
30,609 29,407 33,185 29,507 27,698 18,174 13,649 11,572 12,792

The municipality of Ardino has lost more than two thirds of its population in a period of seventy years.

Vital statistics

The municipality of Ardino recorded just 66 birth, down from 132 in 2000. At the same time there were 193 deaths, up from 168 deaths in 2000.[2] Demographic trends in the municipality of Ardino have largely been unfavourable.

Population Live births Deaths Natural growth Birth rate (‰) Death rate (‰) Natural growth rate (‰)
2000 17,898 132 168 -36 7.4 9.4 -2.0
2001 13,492 124 148 -24 9.2 11.0 -1.8
2002 13,410 103 144 -41 7.7 10.7 -3.1
2003 13,236 118 150 -32 8.9 11.3 -2.4
2004 13,102 137 136 1 10.5 10.4 0.1
2005 12,916 126 151 -25 9.8 11.7 -1.9
2006 12,686 126 192 -66 9.9 15.1 -5.2
2007 12,503 122 153 -31 9.8 12.2 -2.5
2008 12,368 122 152 -30 9.9 12.3 -2.4
2009 12,128 107 168 -61 8.8 13.9 -5.0
2010 12,282 90 132 -42 7.3 10.7 -3.4
2011 11,476 81 163 -82 7.1 14.2 -7.1
2012 11,412 83 172 -89 7.3 15.1 -7.8
2013 11,286 83 170 -87 7.4 15.1 -7.7
2014 11,956 78 159 -81 6.5 13.3 -6.8
2015 12,377 89 168 -79 7.2 13.6 -6.4
2016 12,424 85 177 -92 6.8 14.2 -7.4
2017 12,630 100 177 -77 7.9 14.0 -6.1
2018 12,792 66 193 -127 5.2 15.1 -9.9

Ethnic composition

A majority of the population consists of ethnic Bulgarian Turks (71.2%).[3] Ethnic Bulgarians make up around 26.9% of the population. Most of those Bulgarians are Pomaks.

Ethnic groups in Ardino Municipality (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 26.9%
Turks
 
 71.2%
Romani
 
 0.0%
others and indefinable
 
 1.9%

Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Ardino Municipality [4]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 2.1%
Catholicism
 
 0.2%
Protestantism
 
 0.0%
Islam
 
 91.4%
No religion
 
 1.1%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 5.2%

Both ethnic Turks and Bulgarians are predominantly Islamic by faith.

References

  1. ^ "Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ^ "Deaths by districts, municipalities and sex | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. ^ "Ethnic composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  4. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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