Silistra Municipality

Silistra Municipality Община Силистра
Municipality
Silistra Municipality within Bulgaria and Silistra Province.
Coordinates: 44°2′N 27°13′E / 44.033°N 27.217°E / 44.033; 27.217
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Silistra
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Silistra
Area [1]
• Total	515.89 km2 (199.19 sq mi)
Population  (December 2009)[2]
• Total	54,885
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Silistra Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Силистра) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river, in the Danubian Plain, bounded by Romania to the northeast and north beyond the river. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Silistra which is also the capital of the province.

The municipality has a territory of 515.89 km² (199.19 sq mi).^[1] As of December 2009, it had a population of 54,885.^[2]

Aside from the historical heritage of the main town, the area is best known with the Srebarna Nature Reserve around the lake of the same name. The main roads I-7, II-21 and II-71 crosses the municipality, connecting the province centre of Silistra with the cities of Shumen, Ruse and Dobrich.