Razgrad District is one of the 28 districts of Bulgaria. Neighboring the district are: Silistra district to the northeast, Ruse district to the west-northwest, Targovishte district to the south-southwest and Shumen district to the east. The total area of the district is 2637 km². It has a population of 103,223 people according to census data 2021. The postal codes of settlements in the Razgrad region are from 7200 (for the city of Razgrad) to 7499. The vehicle code for the Razgrad region is PP.
Zavet
Brestovene, Veselets, Zavet, Ivan Shishmanovo, Ostrovo,
Prelez, Sushevo
Isperikh
Belintsi, Burdokva, Vazovo, Goliam
Porovets, Delchevo, Ludogortsi, Dukhovets, Dragomazh, Isperih, Yonkovo,
Kitanchevo, Konevo, Kapinovtsi, Lavino, Malko Yonkovo, Malok Porovets,
Pechenitsa, Padayva, Rainino, Sveshtari, Sredoseltsi, Staro Seleshche,
Todorovo, Yakim Gruevo
Kubrat
Belovets, Bisertsi, Bojurovo,
Gorichevo, Zadruga, Zvanartsi, Kamenovo, Kubrat, Medovene, Madrevo,
Ravno, Savin, Sevar, Seslav, Terter, Tochisili, Yuper
Loznica
Beli Lom, Veselina, Gorotsvet, Garden, Kamenar, Tailor, Loznitsa,
Lovsko, Monastery, Monastery, Seydol, Sinia voda, Studenets, Trapishte,
Trumpeter, Chudomir
Razgrad
Balkanski, Blagoevo, Getovo,
Dryanovets, Dyankovo, Kichenitsa, Lipnik, Mortagonovo, Nedoklan,
Osenets, Ostrovche, Pobit kamak, Spastrono, Poroishte, Radingrad,
Razgrad, Rakovski, Strazhets, Topchii, Ushintsi, Cherkovna, Yasenovets
Samuel
Bogdantsi, Bogomiltsi, Vladimirovtsi, Golyama voda, Golyam
izvor, Zhelyazkovets, Zdravets, Kara Michal, Krivitsa, Nozharovo,
Pchelina, Samuil, Huma, Khrsovo
Tsar Kaloyan
Ezerche,
Kostandenets, Tsar Kaloyan
The district is located in the Danube hilly plain (Ludogorie) and is poor in terms of water resources. The only larger river is Beli Lom. The average annual precipitation level is 565 – 786 l/m². Average annual temperatures are 11 – 12 °C.
It is located along the river Beli Lom, 60 km from Ruse, 130 km from
Varna, 55 km from Shumen and 36 km from Targovishte.
The Razgrad
region includes 7 municipalities - Razgrad, Isperih, Kubrat, Zavet,
Loznitsa, Samuil and Tsar Kaloyan. A larger part of the district is
located in the Ludogorsk plateau, the southern part of which is hilly,
and in the north it merges with the Dobrudja plain and the Danube
fields.
Razgrad district refers to the regions with warm and
dry summers and cold winters, which is contributed by the distance from
the Black Sea. Spring in the area comes early and is colder than autumn.
Autumn, on the other hand, is short-lived. Droughts are often observed
at the end of summer.
The economy of the region is based on the very well-developed
agriculture and the accompanying food and beverage, pharmaceutical,
porcelain-faience and woodworking industries. Of the remaining economic
sectors, trade, transport and construction can be noted, which occupy a
smaller share in the economic structure, but they are the most
dynamically developing.
Services on the territory of the
municipality are concentrated in the city of Razgrad and mainly in the
private sector. Tailoring, barber-hairdressing, copying and computer
services are well developed, as well as home appliance repair,
diagnostics and car repair.
An important factor for the cultural appearance of the district is
the development of museum work.
Founded in 1887, the History
Museum today processes and promotes over 53,000 movable cultural
monuments, which are exhibited in permanent and temporary exhibitions.
The largest museum is the Archaeological Museum, which has a fund
storage, a specialized library, restoration studios, a photo laboratory,
and a permanent exhibition. The museum carries out collection and fund
activities - inventory, card files, photo files, scientific passports;
research work - archaeological excavations, exhibition and publishing
activity.
The museum exhibition on ethnography is in a separate
museum, which is an element of the Renaissance architectural complex
"Varosha". This complex of 6 houses from the last century with spacious
courtyards is also an attractive place for tourism.
The
specialized museums "Dimitar Nenov", "Stanka and Nikola Ikonomovi" have
also been arranged.
"Ilia Petrov" Art Gallery searches for, buys,
preserves examples of fine art. Promotes the fund, arranges
representative and temporary thematic expositions. It has a main fund of
2063 works and an auxiliary fund of 784 works.
The professional
Kapan ensemble performs purposeful work to study and popularize the
stylistic features of regional folklore. It carries out a
cognitive-educational program for students, concert activities in the
country and abroad, sound recording and publishing activities. On
average, he performs 60 concerts in front of 30,000 spectators a year.
The municipality has a diverse school structure and network
(with CDG, primary schools, profiled high schools and vocational
schools, a college, centers for qualification and retraining).
The attractive tourist sites located on the territory of the district
- the Voden hunting reserve, the Pchelina locality, the Sboryanovo
archaeological complex and the Thracian priest's tomb located there, the
remains of the ancient city of Abritus, the Ethnographic Museum in the
village of Pobit Kamak provide an opportunity to attract investments in
tourism. Although tourism is not a traditional industry, there are very
good opportunities for the development of hunting, historical and rural
tourism in the district.
The archaeological reserve "Abritus"
with an area of 1000 decares is a cultural monument of national
importance. The settlement dates from the Roman era (I-IV centuries).
Part of the southern necropolis with graves from the II-IV centuries, a
fortress wall from the III century, foundations of dwellings, buildings,
etc., were studied.
The historical and archaeological reserve
"Sboryanovo" is located near the village of Sveshtari, 10 km away. from
the city of Isperih. The reserve includes over 140 archaeological and
other cultural monuments. In the center of the reserve are the remains
of the ancient city of Helis with an area of more than 10 hectares,
surrounded by a double circle of fortress walls with a thickness of more
than 4 m. On both sides of the city are located two huge mound
necropolises.
In the eastern mound necropolis there is the monument,
declared by UNESCO as a world cultural and historical heritage - the
priestly royal tomb, built at the beginning of the 3rd century before
the new era. There are also two sanctuaries on the territory of
"Sboryanovo". The sacrificial rock next to the entrance to the courtyard
of Demir baba teke and the gutters carved into it have been preserved to
this day.
The international road E-70 Ruse - Varna and the class republican roads II-49 Tutrakan - Kubrat - Razgrad - Targovishte and II-23 Ruse - Kubrat - Isperih - Dulovo pass through the territory of the district. The nearest international airport and sea port are in Varna and are 136 km away, and the nearest international river port and checkpoint is in Ruse, 65 km from the regional center Razgrad.