Severoiztochen Planning Region
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Severoiztochen Planning Region
Североизточен район за планиране | |
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Planning region | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Seat | Varna |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,487.4 km2 (5,593.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 933,705  |
| • Density | 64.4495/km2 (166.923/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal, 2024) | |
| • Total | €10.324 billion |
| • Per capita | €12,499 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | BG33 |
| HDI (2023) | 0.837  [3]very high · 2nd of 6 |
Severoiztochen Planning Region (Northeast Planning Region) is a planning region in Bulgaria. The region includes four provinces: Targovishte Province, Varna Province, Shumen Province and Dobrich Province.
The largest cities are: Varna (360,000 - city proper; 500,000 - metro area), Dobrich (105,000 - city; 115,000 - agglomeration), Shumen (95,000), Silistra (42,000 -city; 52,000 - agglomeration). The agglomeration of Varna includes the towns of Provadia (14,000), Devnya (10,000), Aksakovo (7600 - fastest growing town in area) and others. The agglomeration of Silistra includes the largest villages in Bulgaria - Aydemir (7800) and Kalipetrovo (4700).
It is bordered on the east by the Black Sea. The Kamchia river flows through the region.
Economy
[edit]One of richest regions of Bulgaria, Severoiztochen is important for the national economy. Its economy is service-oriented and includes tourism. Severoiztochen is the second region most-visited region by foreign tourists after Yugoiztochen. Notable resorts include Golden Sands, Albena, SS Constantine and Helena. Interesting places are the towns of Balchik, Kavarna, Cape Kaliakra - on the sea, Madara - nearby Shumen, Srebarna Nature Reserve - nearby Silistra; Shumen boasts the Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria. Silistra Province and Dobrich Province form Southern Dobruja - the Bulgarian breadbasket. The port of Varna is the largest port in Bulgaria and the third largest on the Black Sea. The port of Balchik is a small fishing town. On the Danube, important ports are Silistra - fourth largest on the river, and Tutrakan. Varna is Bulgaria's second financial capital after Sofia; the city produces electronics, ships, food and other goods. Other important industrial centers in the region are Shumen - production and repair of trucks; Dobrich - big food-producing city, unofficial capital of Dobruja; Silistra - electronics, food; Devnya - big chemical center (cement and nitric fertilizer); Tutrakan - food and fishing boat.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
- ↑ "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.