Tsenovo

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Tsenovo Municipality is located in Northeastern Bulgaria in Ruse Province. Tsenovo Municipality includes 9 settlements - Tsenovo, Beltsov, Belyanovo, Dzhulyunitsa, Dolna Studena, Karamanovo, Krivina, Nov grad and Piperkovo. Tsenovo is the administrative center of the municipality.

According to official data, the Roma population makes up 4% of the total population in the municipality. Unofficial data provided by the municipality are closer from 10%.  Roma live in separate neighborhoods and are concentrated in three settlements: Tsenovo, where people belong to the Millet group, and self-identify as Turks, Dolna Studena and Karamanovo.

In recent years there has been active migration to major cities in the country and abroad.
Some of the main issues Roma are faced with are:  
- Bad or even missing infrastructure;
- A huge number of the population emigrate to Western Europe;
- High unemployment rate;
- A huge number of people do not have health insurance;
- Early marriages.