Burgas Province ( bg, Област Бургас, translit=Oblast Burgas, formerly the Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern
Bulgaria
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, including the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre, the city of
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a pop ...
, the fourth biggest town in the country. It is the largest province by area, embracing a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into 13 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 422,319 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 /ref> /ref>
Municipalities
Burgas Province (област, ''oblast'') contains 13 municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and
Cyrillic
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, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of 2009.
Population
Burgas Province had a
population
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of 423,608 (423,547 also given) according to a 2001
census
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, of which were
male
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A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...
and were
female
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Fema ...
.Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex fro
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 422,319 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after
World War II
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Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 415,817
Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 370 544 persons:
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Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely underst ...
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
: 18 424 (4,97%)
*Others and indefinable: 4 638 (1,25%)
A further 45,000 persons in Burgas Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 423 547 people of the population of 423,608 of Burgas Province identified themselves (with percentage of total population):Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group fro
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Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely underst ...
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
: 19 439
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Russians
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Armenians
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: 904
*Vlachs (
Aromanians
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Romanians
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Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
Ukrainians
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: 185
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Greeks
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town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
(). Other localities have the status of
village
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Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a pop ...
Mirolyubovo Mirolyubovo may refer to:
* Mirolyubovo, Bulgaria, a village near Burgas
* Mirolyubovo, Kursk Oblast, a village near Fatezh, Russia
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Devetak
Devetak is a village in Karnobat Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Zimen
Zimen is a village in Karnobat Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Brashlyan
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Evrenozovo
Evrenozovo ( bg, Евренозово) is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Gramatikovo
Gramatikovo ( bg, Граматиково) is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. It is situated in Strandzha Nature Park.
On 31 January 2011 a foot-and-mouth disease
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD ...
Mladezhko
Mladezhko ( bg, Младежко) is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Slivarovo
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Stoilovo
Stoilovo ( bg, Стоилово) is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Vizitsa,
Zabernovo,
Zvezdets
Gyulyovtsa
Gyulyovtsa ( bg, Гюльовца) is a village in South- East Bulgaria, situated in Obshtina Nessebar, in the Burgas region.
Villages in Burgas Province
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Kosharitsa Kosharitsa () is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, near Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. It is in Nesebar Municipality of Burgas Province
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Obzor
Obzor ( bg, Обзор ) is a small town and seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. It is part of Nesebar Municipality, Burgas Province. On February 28th, 2021, the citizens of Obzor and six nearby villages voted in a referendum to sepa ...
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Orizare
Orizare ( bg, Оризаре) is a village in southeast Bulgaria
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Laka
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Bilka
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Razhitsa
Razhitsa ( bg, Ръжица ) is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Chernomorets
Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец ) is a town on the Black Sea coast of southeastern Bulgaria. Administratively part of Sozopol Municipality, Burgas Province, Chernomorets is a popular seaside resort.
Chernomorets lies some southeast of ...
Indzhe voyvoda Indzhe Voyvoda ( bg, Индже войвода) (c. 1755, Sliven – 1821, Sculeni) was a renowned Bulgarian leader ''( voivod)'' of an armed band of outlaws ''(hajduks)'' in Ottoman-held Bulgaria. He mainly operated in the mountainous regions ...
Ravadinovo
Ravadinovo ( bg, Равадиново) is a village in Sozopol Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 691 inhabitants.
The village is situated at a distance of 2.5 km from the Black Sea, at the north-ea ...
Varshilo
Varshilo is a village in Sozopol Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Debelt
Debelt ( Bulgarian: Дебелт) is a village in Burgas Province in southeastern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Sredets.
History
Debelt is located near the ruins of the city of Develtos. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 ...
Sredets : ''Sredets is also a medieval name of Sofia. For the district in Sofia, see Sredets, Sofia.''
Sredets ( bg, Средец ) is a town in Burgas Province in southeastern Bulgaria. It is located near Lake Mandrensko and the northern slopes of Stra ...
Orlintsi
Orlintsi is a village in Sredets Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. As of 2007 it had a population of 353.
GERB Hristinka Shopova won the partial local election in 2018 with 159 votes. The village had a high turnout of 80% ...
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Prohod
Prohod is a village in Sredets Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Varovnik
Varovnik is a village in Sredets Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Balabanchevo
Balabanchevo is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Chubra
Chubra is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Guide Bulgaria Acce ...
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Dabovitsa
Dabovitsa is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Grozden
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Kamensko
Kamensko is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Klimash
Klimash is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Lozarevo
Lozarevo ( bg, Лозарево ) is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Prilep
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Sadovo
Sadovo ( bg, Садово ) is a small town in Sadovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria, and the administrative center of Plovdiv. The population is 2,600.
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The city is close to the Maritsa River, 18 kilometers east of ...
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Skala
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* Skala, Patmos, the main port on the island of Patmos in Greece
* Skala, Laconia, a municipality in southern Greece
* Skala, Xanthi, a settlement in north-eastern Greece
* Skala, Cephalonia, a resort in the I ...
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Slavyantsi
Slavyantsi is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Sungurlare
Sungurlare ( bg, Сунгурларе, ) is a town in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of Sungurlare municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of Burgas Province.
Sungurlare lies in a valley ...
Vedrovo
Vedrovo is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Lozenets Lozenets ( bg, Лозенец, link=no; also ''Lozenec'' or ''Lozenetz'') may refer to:
* Lozenets, Burgas Province, a village in Bulgaria
* Lozenets, Dobrich Province, a village in Bulgaria
* Lozenets, Yambol Province, a village in Bulgaria
* Loze ...
Sinemorets
Sinemorets ( bg, Синеморец; also ''Sinemorec'', ''Sinemoretz'', "place on the blue sea") is a village and seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.
Etymology
The current name dates back to 1934; prior to that, the village was ...
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Tsarevo
Tsarevo ( bg, Царево, , also transliterated as Carevo or Tzarevo) is a town and seaside resort in the Municipality of Tsarevo, Burgas Province, Bulgaria.
Etymology
In the past, it was known as Vasiliko ( el, Βασιλικόν), and betwe ...
Provinces of Bulgaria
The provinces of Bulgaria ( bg, области на България, oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country.
Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( bg, области, links=no ...
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Municipalities of Bulgaria
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List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The largest city is Sofia ...