Chernoochene Municipality
Chernoochene Municipality
Община Черноочене | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 41°46′N 25°21′E / 41.767°N 25.350°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province | Kardzhali |
Area | |
• Total | 328.57 km2 (126.86 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | ![]() |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | chernoochene |
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Chernoochene Municipality is a municipality in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. The administrative centre is the village of Chernoochene.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Chernoochene has the highest relative share of ethnic Bulgarian Turks (97.1%), as well as Muslims (96.6%) of the total country. Chernoochene is a rural municipality, with all of its inhabitants living in one of the fifty villages. As of December 2018, the municipality of Chernoochene has 8,791 inhabitants.
Religion
[edit]According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Most ethnic Turks are Muslim. Most ethnic Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians, living in the village of Pchelarovo. All other villages have a Turkish and Islamic majority.
References
[edit]- ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.