Ihtiman Municipality
42°25′59″N 23°49′1″E / 42.43306°N 23.81694°E
Ihtiman Municipality
Община Ихтиман | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Sofia Province |
| Seat | Ihtiman |
| Area | |
• Total | 541.8 km2 (209.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 16,924[1] |
| • Density | 31.24/km2 (80.90/sq mi) |
| Website | ihtiman |
Ihtiman Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ихтиман) is a municipality in Sofia Province, western Bulgaria. Covering a territory of 541.8 km2, it is the third largest of the 22 municipalities in the province and takes 7.65% of its total area.
Geography
[edit]The relief of the municipality is varied. In its center is the entire territory of the Ihtiman Valley, enclosed from all sides by the ridges of the Sredna Gora mountain range. The highest point of the municipality is the summit of Trana (1,276 m). Ihtiman Municipality falls within the humid continental climate zone. In the easternmost reaches flows a section of the river Topolnitsa of the Maritsa drainage. About three quarters of the municipality is drained by the Mativir, a right tributary of the Topolnitsa, which flows entirely within its borders. The southern portion of the Topolnitsa Reservoir and its dam are located in Ihtiman Municipality.[2]
Transport
[edit]Ihtiman Municipality is traversed by six roads of the national network with a total length of 131.8 km, including a 30.6 km section of the Trakiya motorway (A1), a 31.9 km stretch of the first class I-8 road Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, the first 24.9 km of the third class III-801 road, the first 22.8 km of the third class III-803 road, the last 14.2 km section of the third class III-822 road, and the whole 7.4 km length of the third class III-8223 road.[2][3]
It is also traversed by a 32.3 km section of railway line No. 1 Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo, and the first 6.1 km of the railway between Vakarel and Garba.[2]
Demography
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1934 | 22,315 | — |
| 1946 | 23,344 | +4.6% |
| 1956 | 24,819 | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 21,063 | −15.1% |
| 1975 | 20,738 | −1.5% |
| 1985 | 20,218 | −2.5% |
| 1992 | 19,074 | −5.7% |
| 2001 | 19,303 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 17,720 | −8.2% |
| 2021 | 17,397 | −1.8% |
| Source: National Statistics Institute[4] | ||
As of 2024 the population of Ihtiman Municipality is 16,924, living in one town and 27 villages:[1]
Gallery
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A church in Ihtiman
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "Location". Official Site of Ihtiman Municipality. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "National Statistics Institute" (PDF). 3 April 2024.
References
[edit]- Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).
External links
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- "Official Site of Ihtiman Municipality" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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