Stara Zagora Province

Stara Zagora Province

Област Стара Загора
Location o Stara Zagora Province in Bulgarie
Location o Stara Zagora Province in Bulgarie
KintraBulgarie
CaipitalStara Zagora
Municipalities11
Govrenment
 • GovrenorYordan Nikolov
Area
 • Total5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Februar 2011)[2]
 • Total327,576
 • Density64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateCT
Websitesz.government.bg

Stara Zagora (Bulgarie: Област Стара Загора oblast Stara Zagora, umwhile name Stara Zagora okrug) is a province o sooth central Bulgarie. It is namit efter its admeenistrative an industrial centre—the ceety o Stara Zagora—the saxt-biggest toun in the kintra. The province embraces a territory o 5,151.1 km²[1] that is dividit intae 11 municipalities wi a tot population, as o December 2009, o 350,925 indwallers.[2][3][4]

In the sootheastren pairt o the province on the edge o Radnevo Municipality thare is a coal production facility. Atween 1934 an 1949, the province includit pairts o the present Kardzhali Province.[5]

  1. a b (in Inglis) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
  2. a b (in Inglis) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. (in Inglis) „WorldCityPopulation“
  4. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  5. http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino

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