Kaolinovo Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Kaolinovo.The municipality embraces a territory of 293 km² with a population of 12,251 inhabitants, as of December 2009.SettlementsKaolinovo Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold):DemographyThe following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.Ethnic compositionAccording to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was the following: