Suvorovo Municipality
Municipality in Varna, Bulgaria
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Suvorovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Суворово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, not far from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Suvorovo.
Suvorovo Municipality
Община Суворово | |
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Municipality | |
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Coat of arms | |
 Suvorovo Municipality within Bulgaria and Varna Province. | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′N 27°37′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Varna |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Suvorovo |
| Area | |
• Total | 216 km2 (83 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009)[1] | |
• Total | 7,544 |
| • Density | 34.9/km2 (90.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The municipality embraces a territory of 216 km2 (83 sq mi) with a population of 7,544 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]
Settlements
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Suvorovo Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold):
Demography
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
| Suvorovo Municipality | ||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 9,410 | 8,273 | 7,913 | 7,658 | 7,115 | 7,293 | 7,544 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7] | ||||||||
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
A majority of the population of Suvorovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 59.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest minority with 17.9% of the population.