Lovech Province
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Lovech Province Oбласт Ловеч |
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| Province | |
 Location of Lovech Province in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Lovech |
| Municipalities | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Vanya Sabcheva |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,128 km2 (1,594 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 141,422 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | OB |
| Website | oblastlovech.org |
Coordinates: 43°0′N 24°30′E / 43.000°N 24.500°E
Lovech Province (Bulgarian: Област Ловеч, transliterated Oblast Lovech, former name Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 2009, the population of the area is 151,153.
The Lovech province (област, oblast) contains eight municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (in bold), and the population as of December 2009.
The Lovech province had a population of 169,951 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 151,153 of which 29.4% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
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