Silistra Province
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Silistra Province Област Силистра |
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| Province | |
 Location of in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Silistra |
| Municipalities | 7 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,846.3 km2 (1,099.0 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 119 474 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | CC |
| Website | ss.government.bg |
Coordinates: 43°55′N 27°10′E / 43.917°N 27.167°E
Silistra Province (Bulgarian: Област Силистра, transliterated Oblast Silistra, former name Silistra okrug) is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into seven municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659.
Silistra Province is a traditionally agricultural province, mainly because of its fertile soil. The province is known for its pelicans and apricot brandy.
Besides the administrative centre, other municipalities are Alfatar, Dulovo, Glavinitsa, Kaynardzha, Sitovo, and Tutrakan.
The Silistra Province contains 7 municipalities (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
The Silistra province had a population of 142,000 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659 of which 25.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
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