The

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Complex of Kamchia, (

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''Курортен Комплекс Камчия''), is a

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resort on the northern length of the coast of

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. It is located 25 km south of the Provincial Centre of

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in the

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of Avren and lies north of the mouth of the river Kamchia. It is mainly made up of "rest bases", (Bulgarian, ''Почивни Бази'') which are mini-resorts made up of individual

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s and

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. There is also a functioning fishing village, and the remains of a military outpost, (now defunct). The resort has a transitional population which only remains for the summer season beginning in May and finishes at the end of September.

History

It was most built during the period in which Bulgaria was

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, (although there used to be a village beforehand). Many of the 'rest bases' (

почивни станции) would have originally been national institutions, most of which would have been run by individual ministries, (for example the Transport-Constructional Army had a base). Today, although some of the rest bases have been retained by the government, most are owned by private concessionaires while the standard of the sub-complexes ranges from relatively low to high.

Gallery

Image:Hotel Longos.JPG, Russian owned Hotel Longose Image:Kamchia Sea Walk.JPG, Concrete walk along the beach line.

References

External links

*http://www.kamchia.com/ *http://www.kamchia.net/ *http://www.bulgariansearesorts.com/resorts/kamchia/ {{Bulgarian Black Sea resorts, state=autocollapse Seaside resorts in Bulgaria

History

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