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Varbitsa Municipality

Varbitsa Municipality
Община Върбица
Municipality
Varbitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Varbitsa Municipality within Bulgaria and Shumen Province.
Coordinates: 43°0′N 26°43′E / 43.000°N 26.717°E / 43.000; 26.717Coordinates: 43°0′N 26°43′E / 43.000°N 26.717°E / 43.000; 26.717
Country  Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Shumen
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) Varbitsa
Area
 • Total 419.36 km2 (161.92 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)
 • Total 10,492
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Varbitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Върбица) is a municipality (obshtina) in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Varbitsa.

The municipality embraces a territory of 419.36 km² with a population of 10,492 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The area contains the Ticha Reservoir - one of the biggest in the country, developed along the Kamchiya river. It is the reservoir with the largest perimeter in Bulgaria.

Varbitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):

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

According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:


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