Stolichna Municipality
Stolichna Municipality
Столична община | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Stolichna Municipality within Bulgaria and Sofia-City Province | |
| Coordinates: 42°41′N 23°19′E / 42.683°N 23.317°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Sofia City |
| Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar) | Sofia |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,348.9 km2 (520.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,373,335 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The Stolichna Municipality (Bulgarian: Столична община, romanized: Stolichna obshtina (also transcribed as Stolična obština), lit. 'Capital Municipality') is an obshtina (municipality) in Sofia City Province, Western Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre, the city of Sofia, which is also the capital of Sofia City Province and Sofia Province and the capital of Bulgaria as well.
The municipality is located mainly in the Sofia Valley, and also in the feet and lower parts of the mountains of Stara planina and Vitosha, Plana, Lozen, Rila. As of 2016, it was home to 1,500,927 inhabitants, of which 1,400,000 live in Sofia.