Smolyan Province
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Smolyan Province Област Смолян |
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| Province | |
 Location of Smolyan Province in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Smolyan |
| Municipalities | 10 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Stefan Staykov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,192.8 km2 (1,232.7 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 121,572 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | CM |
| Website | region-smolyan.org |
Coordinates: 41°40′N 24°35′E / 41.667°N 24.583°E
Smolyan Province (Bulgarian: Област Смолян - Oblast Smolyan, former name Smolyan okrug) is a province in Southern-central Bulgaria, located in the Rhodope Mountains, neighbouring Greece to the south. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Smolyan. The province embraces a territory of 3,192.8 km² that is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population of 124,795 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Smolyan Province (Област, oblast) contains 10 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 (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of December 2009.
The Smolyan province had a population of 140,066 according to the 2001 census, of which 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 124,795 of which 23.4% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
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