Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region (South-Central Planning Region) is a Bulgarian planning region. The capital is

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

, the second-largest city in Bulgaria. It includes five Bulgarians provinces:

Plovdiv Province Plovdiv Province ( bg, Област Пловдив: ''Oblast Plovdiv'', former name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, ''obshtini'', sing. общинa, ''obshtina'') on a ter ...

, Pazardzhik Province,

Smolyan Province Smolyan Province ( bg, Област Смолян, ''Oblast Smolyan''; former name Smolyan okrug) is a province in Southern-central Bulgaria, located in the Rhodope Mountains, neighbouring Greece to the south. It is named after its administrative ...

, Kardzhali Province and Haskovo Province. It is the second most important economical region of the country which together with the Yugozapaden region produce almost two thirds of the national GDP.

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