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Tutrakan Municipality

Tutrakan Municipality
Община Тутракан
Municipality
Tutrakan Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Tutrakan Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Coordinates: 43°59′N 26°34′E / 43.983°N 26.567°E / 43.983; 26.567Coordinates: 43°59′N 26°34′E / 43.983°N 26.567°E / 43.983; 26.567
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Silistra
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Tutrakan
Area
 • Total 448.35 km2 (173.11 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)
 • Total 16,920
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Tutrakan Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Тутракан) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tutrakan.

The municipality embraces a territory of 448.35 km² with a population of 16,920 inhabitants, as of December 2009.

The main road 21 crosses the area from east to west, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the city of Ruse.

Tutrakan Municipality includes the following 15 places (towns are shown in bold):

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


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