Nova Zagora Municipality

Municipality in Sliven Province, Bulgaria

Coat of arms

Location of Nova Zagora Municipality in Sliven Province

42°28′59″N 26°01′01″E / 42.48306°N 26.01694°E / 42.48306; 26.01694Country

BulgariaProvinceSliven ProvinceCapitalNova ZagoraArea

• Total876.86 km² (338.56 sq mi)Elevation

162 m (531 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total39,010 • Density44/km² (120/sq mi)Postal code

8900

Area code0457

Nova Zagora Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Нова Загора) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

Ethnic composition of Nova Zagora Municipality

Bulgarians (70.65%)

Turks (14.08%)

Gypsies/Romani (3.67%)

No identification (11.18%)

Other (0.38%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Nova Zagora was 39,010. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (14.08%) and Gypsies/Romani (3.67%).^[1]^[2] 11.18% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Villages

In addition to the capital town of Nova Zagora, there are 32 villages in the municipality:

Asenovets
Banya
Bogdanovo
Bryastovo
Byal Kladenets
Diadovo
Ezero
Elenovo
Zagortsi
Kamenovo
Karanovo
Konovo
Korten
Kriva Krusha
Lyubenets
Lyubenova Mahala
Mlekarevo

Nauchene
Novoselets
Omarchevo
Pet Mogili
Pitovo
Polsko Pudarevo
Prohorovo
Radevo
Radetski
Sokol
Stoil Voyvoda
Sabrano
Sadievo
Sadiysko Pole
Tsenino

References

^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.