Yugoiztochen Planning Region Explained

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Official Name:Yugoiztochen Planning Region
Native Name:Bulgarian: Югоизточен район за планиране
Area Total Km2:19798.7
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2018
Population Total: 1,039,549
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[3]
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:€8.210 billion (2021)
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Blank Name Sec1:NUTS code
Blank Info Sec1:BG34
Blank2 Info:
  • €6,400 (2017)[4]
  • 13,000 (PPS, 2017)[5]
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec2: 0.793[6]
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Yugoiztochen Planning Region (Southeast Planning Region) is one of Bulgaria's planning regions. The capital is Burgas. It includes Burgas Province, Sliven Province, Yambol Province and Stara Zagora Province.

Mostly inhabited by Bulgarians, it is also contains one of the highest rates of Romani people in the country. It is the least densely populated region in the country. The largest cities are Burgas - 200,000; Stara Zagora - 145,000, Sliven - 98,000; Yambol - 80,000, Kazanlak - 55,000.

Economy

Yugoiztochen is the second richest Bulgarian region. Most important to the economy are tourism, electric power generation, and services. Burgas is the second largest Bulgarian port, and the biggest tourist centres are Sunny beach, Sozopol, Pomorie, Primorsko, Ravda and Kiten. The main industrial centers are the big cities and towns of Radnevo and Galabovo - electric power generation and mining.

See also

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.