Sliven Municipality

Sliven Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сливен) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of Bulgaria.

Sliven Municipality
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Sliven Municipality in Sliven Province
Sliven Municipality Location of Sliven Municipality in Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°41′00″N 26°20′00″E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Sliven Province
Capital	Sliven
Area
• Total	1,366.63 km2 (527.66 sq mi)
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	125,268
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)

Demography

Ethnic composition of Sliven Municipality

1. Bulgarians (70.84%)
2. Turks (3.35%)
3. Gypsies/Romani (9.7%)
4. No identification (14.88%)
5. Other (1.2%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Sliven was 125,268. Most of the inhabitants were Bulgarians (70.65%) with a minority of Turks (3.35%) and Gypsies/Romani (9.7%).^[1][2] 14.88% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Villages

In addition to the capital town of Sliven, there are 44 villages in the municipality:

Bikovo Binkos Blatets Bozhevtsi Bozadzhii Byala Vaglen Gavrailovo Gergevets Glufishevo Glushnik Golyamo Chochoveni Gorno Aleksandrovo Gradsko Dragodanovo Zhelyu Voyvoda Zaychari Zlati Voyvoda Izgrev Ichera Kaloyanovo Kamen Kermen (town) Kovachite

Krushare Malko Chochoveni Mechkarevo Mladovo Nikolaevo Novachevo Panaretovtsi Rakovo Samuilovo Seliminovo Skobelevo Sotiria Sredorek Stara Reka Staro Selo Strupets Topolchane Trapoklovo Chintulovo Chokoba