Simitli Municipality

Simitli Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Simitli Municipality
Община Симитли
Municipality
Location in Blagoevgrad province
Location on map of Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Province (Oblast)Blagoevgrad
Area
 • Total553.004 km2 (213.516 sq mi)
Population
 • Total14,904
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)

Demographics

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 Simitli Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 89.25%
Catholicism
 
 0.31%
Protestantism
 
 0.43%
Islam
 
 7.34%
No religion
 
 0.76%
Prefer not to answer, others and aindefinable
 
 1.91%

References
  1. "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.

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