Kaloyanovo Municipality

Kaloyanovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Калояново) is a municipality in the Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria and covers an area of 347 km². As of 2006 it has 12,390 inhabitants. The center of the municipality is the village of Kaloyanovo.

It is a flat country with some hilly areas to the north where the souther slopes of Sredna Gora begin. The climate is continental. The precipitation is around Bulgaria's average and is favourable for intensive agriculture. There are 21 reservoirs for irrigation and fishing.

Some of the inhabitants of the municipality are Catholics and the rest are Orthodox Christians. The Catholic villages are Zhitnitsa and Duvanlii as well as 1,100 of the inhabitants of Kaloyanovo.

Villages in Kaloyanovo Municipality

Kaloyanovo Begovo Chernozemen Dalgo Pole Dolna Mahala Duvanlii Glavatar Gorna Mahala Ivan Vazovo Otets Paisievo Pesnopoy Razhevo Razhevo Konare Suhozem Zhitnitsa

Municipalities of Plovdiv Province

Asenovgrad Brezovo Hisarya Kaloyanovo Karlovo Krichim Kuklen Laki Maritsa Parvomay Perushtitsa Municipality Plovdiv Rakovski Rodopi Sadovo Saedinenie Sopot Stamboliyski

Coordinates: 42°21′25″N 24°43′56″E / 42.35694°N 24.73222°E / 42.35694; 24.73222

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