Sofia Province

Coordinates: 42°40′N 23°40′E / 42.667°N 23.667°E / 42.667; 23.667

Sofia Province Софийска област
Province
Location o Sofia Province in Bulgarie
Kintra	Bulgarie
Caipital	Sofia
Municipalities	22
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Krasimir Zhivkov
Area
• Total	7059 km2 (2,725 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	246,668
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	CO

Sofia Province (Bulgarie: Софийска област, Sofiyska oblast) is a province (oblast) o Bulgarie. The province daes no include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains its admeenistrative center. The province borders on the provinces o Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Lovech, Vratsa, Montana an "Sofia-Capital" (which is in a separate oblast, see Sofia Admeenistration), tae the northwast thare is mairch wi Serbie.

The province haes a territory o 7 059 km² an haes 254,996 indwallers. The land is predominantly muntainous. Tae the north are the soothren slopes o the Balkan Muntains an tae the sooth rises Rila wi the heichest pynt in the peninsular Musala. Thare are an aw several smawer muntains an spacious valleys. Ane o the maist important ski resorts in Bulgarie, Borovets, is locatit here close tae Samokov.

Industry is well developit. Minin an ferrous metallurgy are the backbone o the economy wi the lairgest copper refinery in Sooth Eastren Europe in Pirdop an important copper mines at Chelopech an Etropole. Machinery is well developit in Botevgrad (buses, caur components, electronics), Pravets (computers), Etropole, Samokov, Elin Pelin, Ihtiman, Slivnitsa, Godech. The centre o fuid an succar industry is Svoge. This is an aw the birthplace o bass/baritone opera sangster an muisicker Boris Damianov.

The Sofia province (Област, oblast) contains 22 municipalities (singular: община, obshtina - plural: Общини, obshtini). The follaein table shows the names o each municipality in Inglis, Scots an Cyrillic, the main toun (in bauld) or veelage, an the population o each as o 2009.

The follaein table represents the chynge o the population in the province efter Warld War II:

The province haed a population o 273 252 (an aw gien as 273,240) accordin tae a 2001 census, o which 7001492000000000000♠49.2% wur male an 7001508000000000000♠50.8% wur female.^[5]

Releegious adherence in the province accordin tae 2001 census:^[6]

Ethnic groups in the province accordin tae 2001 census:^[7] 253 536 Bulgaries (7001928000000000000♠92.8%),
16 748 Roma (Gypsy) (7000610000000000000♠6.1%) an 2956 ithers an unspecifeed (7000110000000000000♠1.1%).

1. ↑ ^{a b} (in Bulgarie) Population Chart as of 15 March 2009 from Directorate General: Civil Registration and Administrative Services
2. ↑ (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. ↑ (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
4. ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
5. ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
6. ↑ (in Bulgarie) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
7. ↑ (in Bulgarie) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001

• Provinces o Bulgarie
• Municipalities o Bulgarie
• Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
• Leet o veelages in Sofia Province

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