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Isperih Municipality

Isperih Municipality
Община Исперих
Municipality
Isperih Municipality within Bulgaria and Razgrad Province.
Isperih Municipality within Bulgaria and Razgrad Province.
Coordinates: 43°42′N 26°49′E / 43.700°N 26.817°E / 43.700; 26.817Coordinates: 43°42′N 26°49′E / 43.700°N 26.817°E / 43.700; 26.817
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Razgrad
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Isperih
Area
 • Total 402.24 km2 (155.31 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)
 • Total 22,916
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Isperih Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Исперих) is a municipality (obshtina) in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Isperih.

The municipality embraces a territory of 402 km² with a population of 22,916 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The area is best known with the 3rd century BC Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari near the village of the same name.

Isperih Municipality includes the following 24 places (towns are shown in bold):

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.


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