Burgas Province ( bg, Област Бургас, translit=Oblast Burgas, formerly the Burgas
okrug
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) is a province in southeastern
Bulgaria
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, including 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 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, 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. Females ...
.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 unders ...
: 298 128 (80,46%)
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Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
: 49 354 (13,32%)
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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 unders ...
: 338 625
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Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
: 58 636
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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, tradition ...
-speaking
Boyash
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Ukrainians
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: 185
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Greeks
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town
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village
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Aytos Municipality
Aytos
Aytos ( bg, Айтос ), sometimes written Aitos and Ajtos, is a town located in eastern Bulgaria some 30 kilometers from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and belonging to the administrative boundaries of Burgas Province. It is the administrati ...
Chukarka
Chukarka is a village in Aytos Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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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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Balgarovo
Balgarovo ( bg, Българово , ) is a small town in southeastern Bulgaria. It is located in Burgas Municipality and is close to the town of Kameno.
Demography
The town of Balgarovo has 1,528 inhabitants as of December 2018. Nearly all inha ...
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 ...
Kameno
Kameno ( bg, Камено, ) 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 ...
Cherni Vrah
Cherni Vrah ( bg, Черни връх , "Black Peak") is the summit of Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria. Rising to 2290 m, the peak is the fourth highest mountain summit in the country after Musala (2925 m, Rila Mountain), Vihren (2914&nbs ...
Iskra
''Iskra'' ( rus, Искра, , ''the Spark'') was a political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).
History
Due to political repression under Tsar Nicho ...
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Karnobat
Karnobat ( bg, Карнобат ) 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 has a population of 16,483 inhabitants.h ...
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Klikach
Klikach is a village in Karnobat Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Brashlyan
Brashlyan ( bg, Бръшлян, " 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 ...
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 outbreak
In epidemiology, ...
Malko Tarnovo
Malko Tarnovo ( bg, Малко Търново , "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 Strandz ...
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Mladezhko
Mladezhko ( bg, Младежко) is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Slivarovo
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Zabernovo
Zabernovo ( bg, Заберново) is a village in Malko Tarnovo Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Zvezdets
Nesebar Municipality
Banya
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Emona
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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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Nesebar
Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur, bg, Несебър, pronounced ) is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative cen ...
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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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Panitsovo
Panitsovo () is a village in South-East Bulgaria
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Priseltsi Priseltsi - Burgas Province ( bg, Приселци) is a village in South- East Bulgaria, situated in Obshtina Nessebar, in the Burgas region.
Priseltsi is an 8km/10 minute drive from the town of Obzor, a seaside town with much development in pr ...
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Rakovskovo
Rakovskovo () is a small village located in southeast Bulgaria, situated in Obshtina Nessebar, in the Burgas region. It is made up of small farms and summer villas. The village lies in the foothills of the Balkan mountains, and is within a 15- ...
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Ravda
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Sveti Vlas
Sveti Vlas (also known as St. Vlas; bg, Свети Влас; ), 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 th ...
Aheloy
Aheloy ( bg, Ахелой ) is a town and seaside resort in Pomorie Municipality of Burgas Province. it had 2,175 inhabitants. It is situated in eastern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea Coast between the major port of Burgas to the south and the bus ...
Pomorie
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It is ...
Primorsko
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Bilka
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Podgorets
Podgorets is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Preobrazhentsi
Preobrazhentsi is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Rozhden
Rozhden is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Ruen
Ruen ( bg, Руен, ; tr, Ulanlı) 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 include ...
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Rupcha
Rupcha is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Shivarovo
Shivarovo is a village in Ruen Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Sini Rid
Sini Rid 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 ...
Rosen
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Sozopol
Sozopol ( bg, Созопол , el, Σωζόπολη, translit=Sozopoli) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for th ...
Zidarovo
Zidarovo 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 ...
Kamchiya
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Prilep
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Name
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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.
Geography
The city is close to the Maritsa River, 18 kilometers east o ...
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Skala
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Slavyantsi
Slavyantsi is a village in Sungurlare Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria
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Ahtopol
Ahtopol ( bg, Ахтопол , ) 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 Turk ...
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Brodilovo Brodilovo ( bg, Бродилово, ) is a remote village in the Strandzha (''Strandja'') mountains of southeastern Bulgaria, within the range of the national park preserve, and part of Tsarevo Municipality, Burgas Province. Lying on the left bank ...
Fazanovo
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Rezovo
Rezovo ( bg, Резово, ) is a village and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Tsarevo Municipality, Burgas Province, in the coastal Strandzha geographical region.
Geography
The village is in Strandzha Nature Park. Lying at th ...
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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
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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 ...
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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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 ...