43°25′N 24°40′E / 43.417°N 24.667°E
Pleven Province
Област Плевен | |
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 Location of Pleven Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Pleven |
| Municipalities | Belene, Gulyantsi, Dolna Mitropoliya, Dolni Dabnik, Levski, Nikopol, Iskar, Pleven, Pordim, Cherven Bryag, Knezha |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Miroslav Petrov |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,653.32 km2 (1,796.66 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2022) | |
• Total | 220,346 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | EH |
| Website | pleven-oblast.bg |
Pleven Province (Bulgarian: Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of 4,653.32 km2 (1,796.66 sq mi) with a population, as of February 2011, of 269 752 inhabitants.[1][2][3][4] The province's capital is the city of Pleven.
Municipalities within Pleven Province with their main towns
- ^ (in English) Census 2011 Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“