Popovo Municipality Община Попово |
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Municipality | |
![]() Popovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province. |
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Coordinates: 43°19′N 26°15′E / 43.317°N 26.250°ECoordinates: 43°19′N 26°15′E / 43.317°N 26.250°E | |
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Province (Oblast) | Targovishte |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Popovo |
Area | |
• Total | 833 km2 (322 sq mi) |
Population (December 2009) | |
• Total | 31,479 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Popovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Попово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the eastern part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Popovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of 833 km² with a population of 31,479 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the southern part of the area.
Popovo Municipality includes the following 34 places (towns are shown in bold):
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Popovo Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Sadina and Voditsa and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following: