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Ruse Province
Ruse Province
Област Русе | |
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 View of Cherven Fortress | |
 Flag | |
 Location of Ruse Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Ruse |
| Municipalities | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Stefko Burdzhiev |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,803.4 km2 (1,082.4 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 189,623 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | P |
| Website | ruse.bg |
Ruse Province (Bulgarian: Област Русе, romanized: Oblast Ruse), or Rusenska Oblast (Bulgarian: Русенска област, former name Ruse okrug) is a province in northern Bulgaria, named after its main city, Ruse, neighbouring Romania via the Danube. It is divided into eight municipalities with a total population, as of February 2011, of 235,252 inhabitants.[2][3][4]
The Danube Bridge, one of only two bridges opened over the Danube, is located in the province. One of the versions of a folk song, inspired by the Ruse blood wedding, can be heard in the province.
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
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