Severen Tsentralen Planning Region Explained

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Official Name:Severen Tsentralen Planning Region
Native Name:Северен централен район за планиране
Area Total Km2:14974.0
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2018
Population Total: 794,998
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[3]
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:€5.362 billion (2021)
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Blank Name Sec1:NUTS code
Blank Info Sec1:BG32
Blank2 Info:
  • €5,000 (2017)[4]
  • 10,200 (PPS, 2017)[5]
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec2: 0.797[6]
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Severen Tsentralen Planning Region (Bulgarian: Северен централен район за планиране) is a planning region of Bulgaria, encompassing five Bulgarian provinces: Ruse, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Targovishte and Razgrad.

The region is mostly inhabited by Bulgarians, Turkish and Romani people. Its largest cities are Ruse (population 143,000), Gabrovo (48,000) and Veliko Tarnovo (130,000, including hinterland).

Severen Tsentralen has a GDP per capita (PPS) of 10,200 (34% of the EU28 average) making it one of the least developed regions of Europe.[4] The two main economic centres are Veliko Turnovo, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire and Ruse, Bulgaria's largest fluvial port.

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Notes and References

  1. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tgs00002&plugin=1 Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions
  2. Web site: Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 26 August 2019.
  3. Web site: EU regions by GDP, Eurostat. 18 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017 . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 26 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 26 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 26 August 2019.