Borovo Municipality () is a small municipality (obshtina) in Ruse Province, central-northern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre: the town of Borovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 6,699 inhabitants as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The main road E85 crosses the area from south to north, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo and Pleven and Sofia.
Settlements
Borovo Municipality includes the following 7 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) Borovo Борово 2,330 Batin Батин 655 Brestovitsa Брестовица 310 Ekzarh Yosif Екзарх Йосиф 594 Gorno Ablanovo Горно Абланово 1,160 Obretenik Обретеник 1,495 Volovo Волово 155 Total 6,699
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website