| Gradnitsa, Dobrich Province | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Dobrich Province |
| Municipality | Tervel |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total |  |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Gradnitsa, Dobrich Province is a village in Tervel Municipality, Dobrich Province, in northeastern Bulgaria. [1]
Tervel Municipality is a municipality (obshtina) in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region, about 30 km south of Danube river. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Tervel.
Dobrich Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is bounded on east by the Black Sea, on south by Varna Province, on west by Yambol & Sliven provinces, on north by Shumen & Varna provinces. It is divided into 8 municipalities. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 186,016.
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
The village has 352 inhabitants as of 2011 and is mainly inhabited by ethnic Turks. Most people are Muslim.
Islam in Bulgaria is a minority religion and the largest religion in the country after Christianity. According to the 2011 Census, the total number of Muslims in Bulgaria stood at 577,139, corresponding to 7.8% of the population. According to a 2017 estimate, Muslims make up 15% of the population. Ethnically, Muslims in Bulgaria are Turks, Bulgarians and Roma, living mainly in parts of northeastern Bulgaria and in the Rhodope Mountains.
