okrug
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Etymologically, ''okrug'' literally means ' circuit', der ...
) is a province in southeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
on the southern
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
The Bulgarian Black Sea Coast (), also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, covers the entire eastern bound of Bulgaria stretching from the Romanian Black Sea resorts in the north to European Turkey in the south, along 378 km of ...
. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre, the city of
Burgas
Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, an ...
, the fourth biggest town in the country. It is the largest province by area, with a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into 13 municipalities. It has 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.
Demographics
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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and were
female
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.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.
Ethnic groups
Total population (2011 census): 415,817
Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 370,544 persons:
* Bulgarians: 298,128 (80.46%)
*
Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
: 49,354 (13.32%)
*
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
: 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
* Bulgarians: 338,625
*
Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
: 58,636
*
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
: 19,439
*
Russians
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: 1 107
*
Armenians
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: 904
* Vlachs (
Aromanians
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,
Romanians
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,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*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, traditional ...
-speaking
Boyash
Boyash or Bayash (endonym: ''Bȯjáṡ'', Romanian language, Romanian: ''Băieși'', Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Beás'', Slovak language, Slovak: ''Bojáš'', Serbo-Croatian, South Slavic: ''Banjaši'', ''Bojaši'') are a Romani people, ...
): 623
*
Ukrainians
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: 185
*
Greeks
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town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
(). Other localities have the status of
village
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().
Aytos Municipality
Aytos
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Dryankovets
Dryankovets is a village in the municipality of Aytos Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Banevo
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Burgas
Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, an ...
Kameno
Kameno (, ) is a small town in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Kameno Municipality, which lies in the central part of the Province. As of December 2009, the town had a population ...
Svoboda
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People
* Svoboda (surname)
Organizations Media
* Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
* ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...
Cherni Vrah
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Iskra
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History
''Iskra'' was published in exile and then smuggl ...
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Karnobat
Karnobat ( ) is a town in the Burgas Province, Southeastern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Karnobat Municipality. According to the 2021 census, the town had a population of 16,483.
Geography
Karnobat municipality i ...
Brashlyan
Brashlyan (, 'ivy') is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. Known as ''Sarmashik'' until 1934, today the entire village is an architectural reserve displaying characteristic Strandzha wooden archit ...
Malko Tarnovo
Malko Tarnovo ( , "Little Tarnovo"; as opposed to Veliko Tarnovo) is a town in Burgas Province, southeastern Bulgaria, 5 km from the Turkish border. It is the only town in the interior of the Bulgarian Strandzha Mountains and lies in Stra ...
Banya
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Places
Australia
* Banya, Queensland, a locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Bulgaria
* Banya, Blagoevgrad Province, a thermal spa and mountain resort in southwest Bulgaria
* Banya, Burgas P ...
,
Emona
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Koznitsa,
Kosharitsa,
Nesebar
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Ravda
Ravda (, ) a coastal village and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, situated in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province. Ravda is a small seaside resort on the Black Sea, located 3 km from Nesebar and 5 km from Sunny Beach. 30 ...
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Sunny beach
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Created in 1958 as a weekend getaway for Bulgarian families, Sunny Beach has become the largest tourist and vacati ...
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Sveti Vlas
Sveti Vlas (also known as St. Vlas; ; ), is a town and resort on the Black Sea coast in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province, Bulgaria. In July, 2007 its population was 3,869.
History
The town is located at the foot of the southern slopes of t ...
Laka
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Medovo
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Geography
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Pomorie
Pomorie ( ), historically known as Anchialos (, ), is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
It is situated in Burgas Province, 20,5 k ...
Primorsko
Primorsko ( ) is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, the capital of the municipality of the same name, and part of Burgas Province. A well-known resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located 52 km south of Burgas and ...
Bilka
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Rechitsa
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Ruen
Ruen (, ; ) is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of Ruen municipality, which lies in the northern part of Burgas Province.
Municipality
Ruen municipality includes the following 41 place ...
Sokolets
Sokolets is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Chernomorets
Chernomorets ( ) 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 the provincial capital Bur ...
Rosen
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Places
*Rosen, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
* Rosen, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria
* Rosen, Minnesota, ...
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Sozopol
Sozopol ( ; ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the ''Apollonia'' art and film ...
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 1828-182 ...
Sredets Sredets may refer to:
* Sredets, Burgas Province, a town in eastern Bulgaria previously known as Karabunar and Grudovo
* Sredets (medieval Bulgaria), a historical name of today's Sofia, Bulgaria
* Sredets, Sofia, a city district in Sofia
* Sredet ...
Esen
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Given name
* Esen Buqa I (1310 - c. 1318), Khan of the Chagatai Khanate
* Esen Buqa II (1429–1462), Khan of Moghulistan
* Esen Taishi, 15th-century Oirat leader of Northern Yuan dynasty
Surname
* Aydin Esen (born 1962), Tur ...
Kamchiya
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Prilep
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Name
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Sadovo
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Geography
The city is close to the Maritsa River, 18 kilometers east of Plovdiv. Sadovo municipa ...
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Skala
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Ahtopol
Ahtopol ( , ) is a town and seaside resort on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Geography Location
It is located on a headland in the southeastern part of Burgas Province and is close to the border with European Turkey. It is the south ...
Balgari
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Lozenets Lozenets (; 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
* Lozenets, Sofia, a munic ...
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Rezovo
Rezovo (, ) is a village and seaside resort in far southeastern Bulgaria, part of Tsarevo Municipality, Burgas Province, in the coastal Strandzha geographical region. It is situated on the Bulgaria–Turkey border.
Geography
The village is in S ...
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Sinemorets
Sinemorets (, 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 known as ''Γαλαζά ...
,
Tsarevo
Tsarevo (, , 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 (), and between 1950 and 1991 it was known as Michuri ...
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 Sof ...
Municipalities of Bulgaria
The 28 Provinces of Bulgaria, provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 265 municipalities (община, ''obshtina''). Municipalities typically comprise multiple towns, villages and settlements and are governed by a mayor who is elected by popul ...
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Provinces of Bulgaria
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