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in one and the same group. The “true” monoethnic settlements are less than the bi-
ethnic settlements in that group. On the other hand, in the group of settlements with
mixed (tri-ethnic) population, sometimes the dominating group exceeds by far the
other two groups, and yet it is less than 90% of the total population and therefore
could not be put in the “monoethnic” group (Figs. 19.6 and 19.7 ).
The group of settlements with a highest share of Roma population consists of
settlements in which Roma ethnic group is the largest, and the percentage share
itself was not taken in consideration. For example, in some settlements of that group,
share of Roma population is around 40% of the total, while in others that share is
over 80%. The main criterion in defining that group of course was the fact that it is
the Roma population which is dominant.
The bi-ethnic groups such as Bulgarian-Turkish, Turkish-Bulgarian, the
Bulgarian-Roma, and the Turkish-Roma are sometimes tri-ethnic, but the presence
of a third ethnic group is insignificant—over 90% of the population belongs to the
dominant two ethnic groups.
In some cases, settlements have been conditionally put in the group of settlements
with a mixed ethnic structure, only because of the higher share of population with
undeclared ethnicity (2001), while in the classification based on 1965 census data,
a certain number of settlements formed a “no data” group.
References
Ninov Z (1999) The ethnic groups in Bulgaria. Train Geogr 2:22-31(in Bulgarian)
Tomova Il (2005) Demographic processes in the large ethno-confessional communities in Bulgaria.
In: Demographic development of the Republic of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Sofia (in Bulgarian)