Haskovo Province

Haskovo Province ( - "Oblast Haskovo", former name "Haskovo okrug") is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Haskovo. The province embraces a territory of that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, , of 256,408 inhabitants.
Municipalities.
The Haskovo province (Област, "oblast") contains 11 municipalities (singular: община, "obshtina" - plural: Общини, "obshtini"). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each .
Population.
The Haskovo had a population of 277,483 (277,478 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 256,408 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
Ethnic groups.
Total population (2011 census): 246,238<br>
Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 227,382 persons:
A further 20,000 persons in Haskovo Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion.
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: