Kaynardzha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кайнарджа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region, bounded on the north with Romania. The Danube river is about 25 km away to the north through the Romanian territory. The area is named after its administrative centre – the village of Kaynardzha.
The municipality embraces a territory of 314.96[1] km2 with a population of 5,250 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[2]
The main road II-71 crosses the area from northwest to southeast, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Dobrich.
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Kaynardzha Municipality
Year
1975
1985
1992
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
Population
8,487
6,467
6,128
5,467
5,409
5,367
5,250
5,070
Sources: Census 2001,[7] Census 2011,[8] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[9]
Demographic indicators
As of 2016, it is one of the few places in Bulgaria with a natural population growth: there were a total of 87 live births, while 66 people died.[10] The crude birth rate is 17.0‰, while the crude death rate is around 12.9‰. The municipality of Kaynardzha has a total fertility rate of 2.57 children per woman, which is much higher than the average for the country (1.54 children per woman).
Population
Live births
Deaths
Natural growth
Birth rate (‰)
Death rate (‰)
Natural growth rate (‰)
2000
6,157
84
99
−15
13.6
16.1
−2.4
2001
5,485
89
103
−14
16.2
18.8
−2.6
2002
5,427
70
98
−28
12.9
18.1
−5.2
2003
5,419
85
102
−17
15.7
18.8
−3.1
2004
5,391
99
92
+7
18.4
17.1
+1.3
2005
5,409
79
83
−4
14.6
15.3
−0.7
2006
5,401
91
85
+6
16.8
15.7
+1.1
2007
5,367
78
71
+7
14.5
13.2
+1.3
2008
5,300
87
72
+15
16.4
13.6
+2.8
2009
5,250
89
73
+16
17.0
13.9
+3.0
2010
5,175
92
80
+12
17.8
15.5
+2.3
2011
5,059
81
93
−12
16.0
18.4
−2.4
2012
5,081
80
73
+7
15.7
14.4
+1.4
2013
5,102
95
68
+27
18.6
13.3
+5.3
2014
5,096
79
54
+25
15.5
10.6
+4.9
2015
5,107
71
61
+10
13.9
11.9
+2.0
2016
5,115
87
66
+21
17.0
12.9
+4.1
2017
5,099
80
85
−5
15.7
16.7
−1.0
2018
5,076
61
63
−2
12.0
12.4
-0.4
Ethnic groups
Turks form the majority of the population of Kaynardzha Municipality. Bulgarians constitutie the largest minority, followed by a large Roma population.
Ethnic groups in Kaynardzha Municipality (2011 census)
In 2011, about 67.8% of the total population declared to be Muslim. The municipality of Kaynardzha has the highest share of Shia people in Bulgaria: around 52% of the population declared to be Shia in the census of 2001.[11] About 27% of the population belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Population of Kaynardzha (municipality) by religion[12]
Muslims
67.8%
Orthodox
27.4%
No religion
2.3%
Protestants
0.1%
prefer not to answer
2.2%
Age structure
The municipality of Kaynardzha has a very young population compared to other places in Bulgaria.
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