Slivo Pole - Municipality

Municipality

Slivo Pole municipality covers an area of 276 square kilometres and includes the following 11 places:

  • Babovo
  • Borisovo
  • Brashlen
  • Chereshovo
  • Golyamo Vranovo
  • Kosharna
  • Malko Vranovo
  • Ryahovo
  • Slivo Pole
  • Stambolovo
  • Yudelnik

The municipality has a relative Bulgarian majority at 44%, with Turks ranking second at 32% and the remainder being composed of Roma (18%) and Bulgarian Muslims (6%).

A notable sight in the area (partially in Slivo Pole municipality, mostly in Tutrakan municipality, Silistra Province) is the Kalimok-Brashlen protected area which includes several Danubian islands (Mishka, Malak Brashlen, Golyam Brashlen, Pyasachnik, Bezimenen, Kalimok, Radetski and Tutrakan) and is an internationally important bird area with many endangered species.

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