| Popovo Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Попово |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Targovishte |
| Subdivision Name2: | Popovo |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.3167°N 41°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 833 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 31,479 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Popovo Municipality (bg|Община Попово) is a municipality (obshtina) in Targovishte Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the eastern part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Popovo.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 31,479 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1] The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the southern part of the area.
Popovo Municipality includes the following 34 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popovo | Попово | 15,548 | |
| Aprilovo | Априлово | 614 | |
| Baba Tonka | Баба Тонка | 111 | |
| Berkovski | Берковски | 108 | |
| Braknitsa | Бракница | 79 | |
| Dolets | Долец | 90 | |
| Dolna Kabda | Долна Кабда | 243 | |
| Drinovo | Дриново | 541 | |
| Elenovo | Еленово | 481 | |
| Gagovo | Гагово | 812 | |
| Gloginka | Глогинка | 553 | |
| Goritsa | Горица | 164 | |
| Ivancha | Иванча | 29 | |
| Konak | Конак | 93 | |
| Kozitsa | Козица | 337 | |
| Kardam | Кардам | 1,491 | |
| Kovachevets | Ковачевец | 691 | |
| Lomtsi | Ломци | 1,052 | |
| Marchino | Марчино | 124 | |
| Medovina | Медовина | 878 | |
| Manastiritsa | Манастирица | 39 | |
| Osikovo | Осиково | 205 | |
| Palamartsa | Паламарца | 634 | |
| Posabina | Посабина | 250 | |
| Pomoshtitsa | Помощица | 120 | |
| Sadina | Садина | 1,117 | |
| Slavyanovo | Славяново | 861 | |
| Svetlen | Светлен | 1,208 | |
| Trastika | Тръстика | 311 | |
| Voditsa | Водица | 796 | |
| Zavetno | Заветно | 114 | |
| Zaraevo | Зараево | 981 | |
| Zvezda | Звезда | 204 | |
| Zahari Stoyanovo | Захари Стояново | 374 | |
| Total | 31,479 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Popovo Municipality has comprised the former municipalities of Sadina and Voditsa and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following:
| Ethnic group | Population | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531 | |||
| 4556 | |||
| 959 | |||
| Other | 155 | ||
| Undeclared | 631 |
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: