Omurtag Municipality Община Омуртаг |
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Municipality | |
Omurtag Municipality within Bulgaria and Targovishte Province. |
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Coordinates: 43°5′N 26°27′E / 43.083°N 26.450°ECoordinates: 43°5′N 26°27′E / 43.083°N 26.450°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Targovishte |
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Omurtag |
Area | |
• Total | 401.7 km2 (155.1 sq mi) |
Population (Census February 2011) | |
• Total | 21,356 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Omurtag Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Омуртаг) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the so-called Fore-Balkan area north of the Stara planina mountain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Omurtag.
The municipality embraces a territory of 401.7 km² with a total population of 21,356 inhabitants, as of February 2011. The main road E772 crosses the area connecting its main town with the province centre Targovishte, to the northeast, and the city of Veliko Tarnovo to the west.
Omurtag Municipality includes the following 43 places (towns are shown in bold):
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Omurtag Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Obitel and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following: