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Satovcha Municipality is a municipality in southwestern Bulgaria and is one of the municipalities in the Blagoevgrad Province.

Satovcha Municipality
Община Сатовча
Municipality
Location in Blagoevgrad province
Location on map of Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Blagoevgrad
Area
  Total332.59 km2 (128.41 sq mi)
Population
  Total16,003
  Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)

Geography


It covers the Southwestern Rhodope Mountains. 14 settlemements belong to the municipality with a total of 18,997 inhabitants (21.07.05) and a territory of 334,245 km2. Administrative, industrial and cultural center of the municipality is the village of Satovcha.


Population


As of December 2018, there are 14,263 inhabitants living in the municipality of Satovcha, down from 18,265 inhabitants in 2000. The municipality of Satovcha has a Muslim majority (over 85% of the total population). Nearly all of them are Bulgarian Muslims (on the contrary, most Muslims in Bulgaria are ethnic Turks).

PopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural growthBirth rate (‰)Death rate (‰)Natural growth rate (‰)
200018,2652041307411.27.14.1
200117,770 146156-108.28.8-0.6
200217,6351861216510.56.93.7
200317,576 1851424310.58.12.4
200417,5011881226610.77.03.8
200517,4281811483310.48.51.9
200617,318 1781562210.39.01.3
200717,2691921583411.19.12.0
200817,2642161575912.59.13.4
200917,152 168154149.89.00.8
201017,009 140143-38.28.4-0.2
201115,290135167-328.810.9-2.1
201215,138 121145-248.09.6-1.6
201314,970 117169-527.811.3-3.5
2014 14,829 138157-199.310.6-1.3
2015 14,681 121141-208.29.6-1.4
201614,498 121142-218.39.8-1.4
201714,353 93163-706.511.4-4.9
201814,263 87166-796.111.6-5.5

Satovcha has a declining birth rate as young women are moving out of the villages.


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:

Religious composition of Satovcha Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
8.95%
Catholicism
0.00%
Protestantism
0.19%
Islam
85.91%
No religion
0.71%
Prefer not to answer, others and aindefinable
4.24%

Settlements in the municipality



References






На других языках


- [en] Satovcha Municipality

[ru] Сатовча (община)

Сатовча (болг. Община Сатовча) — община в Болгарии. Входит в состав Благоевградской области. Население составляет 17 380 человек (на 15 мая 2008 года)[2].



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