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Burgas Province

Province in southeastern Bulgaria

Burgas Province

Province in southeastern Bulgaria

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nameBurgas Province
native_nameОбласт Бургас
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image_captionSunny Beach
image_flagBG-Burgas flag.png
image_mapBurgas in Bulgaria.svg
map_captionLocation of Burgas Province in Bulgaria
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameBulgaria
seat_typeCapital
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parts_typeMunicipalities
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leader_titleGovernor
leader_nameVulcho Cholakov
area_footnotes
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population_total378,596
population_as_ofDecember 2022
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Burgas (, formerly the Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre, the city of Burgas, the fourth biggest town in the country. It is the largest province by area, with a territory of 7,748.1 km2 that is divided into 13 municipalities. It has a total population, as of December 2009, of 422,319 inhabitants.

The building of the Burgas Province administration
Old houses in Malko Tarnovo, Strandzha region
View of [[Sozopol
Church of St John the Baptist (11th century) in [[Nessebar

Municipalities

Burgas Province (област, oblast) contains 13 municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of 2009.

The municipalities of Burgas Province
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/Villageurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#contdate=November 13, 2010 }}
AytosАйтос30,450Aytos21,067
BurgasБургас206,343Burgas193,765
KamenoКамено12,395Kameno4,848
KarnobatКарнобат26,576Karnobat18,480
Malko TarnovoМалко Търново3,807Malko Tarnovo2,449
NesebarНесебър25,311Nesebar11,626
PomorieПоморие27,557Pomorie13,569
PrimorskoПриморско7,332Primorsko3,340
RuenРуен28,217Ruen2,282
SozopolСозопол15,578Sozopol5,410
SredetsСредец16,261Sredets9,238
SungurlareСунгурларе13,079Sungurlare3,416
TsarevoЦарево9,413Tsarevo5,884

Demographics

Burgas Province had a population of 423,608 (423,547 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 422,319 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.

Ethnic groups

Total population (2011 census): 415,817

Ethnic groups (2011 census):

Identified themselves: 370,544 persons:

  • Bulgarians: 298,128 (80.46%)
  • Turks: 49,354 (13.32%)
  • Romani: 18,424 (4.97%)
  • Others and indefinable: 4,638 (1.25%)

A further 45,000 persons in Burgas Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 423 547 people of the population of 423,608 of Burgas Province identified themselves (with percentage of total population):

  • Bulgarians: 338,625
  • Turks: 58,636
  • Romani: 19,439
  • Russians: 1 107
  • Armenians: 904
  • Vlachs (Aromanians, Romanians, Romanian-speaking Boyash): 623
  • Ukrainians: 185
  • Greeks: 125

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

Census 2001religious adherencepopulation%
Orthodox Christians339,65380.19%
Muslims64,56815.24%
Protestants2,3390.55%
Roman Catholics4520.11%
Other1,9370.46%
Religion not mentioned14,5983.45%
total423,547100%

Towns and villages

The place names in bold have the status of town (). Other localities have the status of village ().

Aytos Municipality

Aytos, Cherna Mogila, Chernograd, Chukarka, Dryankovets, Karageorgievo, Karanovo, Lyaskovo, Malka Polyana, Maglen, Peshtersko, Pirne, Polyanovo, Raklinovo, Sadievo, Topolitsa, Zetyovo

Burgas Municipality

Balgarovo, Banevo, Bratovo, Bryastovets, Burgas, Cherno More, Dimchevo, Draganovo, Izvorishte, Marinka, Mirolyubovo, Ravnets, Rudnik, Tvarditsa, Vetren

Kameno Municipality

Kameno, Krastina, Livada, Konstantinovo, Polski Izvor, Rusokastro, Svoboda, Troyanovo, Trastikovo, Cherni Vrah, Vinarsko, Vratitsa, Zhelyazovo

Karnobat Municipality

Asparuhovo, Cherkovo, Detelina, Devetak, Devetintsi, Dobrinovo, Dragantsi, Dragovo, Ekzarh Antimovo, Glumche, Hadzhiite, Iskra, Karnobat, Klikach, Kozare, Krumovo Gradishte, Krushovo, Madrino, Nevestino, Ognen, Raklitsa, San-Stefano, Sigmen, Sokolovo, Sarnevo, Smolnik, Tserkovski, Venets, Zheleznik, Zhitosvyat, Zimen

Malko Tarnovo Municipality

Bliznak, Brashlyan, Byala voda, Evrenozovo, Gramatikovo, Kalovo, Malko Tarnovo, Mladezhko, Slivarovo, Stoilovo, Vizitsa, Zabernovo, Zvezdets

Nesebar Municipality

Banya, Emona, Gyulyovtsa, Koznitsa, Kosharitsa, Nesebar, Obzor, Orizare, Panitsovo, Priseltsi, Rakovskovo, Ravda, Sunny beach, Sveti Vlas, Tankovo

Pomorie Municipality

Aheloy, Belodol, Aleksandrovo, Bata, Dabnik, Gaberovo, Goritsa, Galabets, Kableshkovo, Kamenar, Kozichino, Kosovets, Laka, Medovo, Pomorie, Poroy, Stratsin

Primorsko Municipality

Kiten, Novo Panicharevo, Pismenovo, Primorsko, Veselie, Yasna polyana,

Ruen Municipality

Bilka, Cheresha, Dobra polyana, Dobromir, Dropla, Daskotna, Dyulya, Kamenyak, Karavelyovo, Listets, Lyulyakovo, Pripek, Mrezhichko, Podgorets, Preobrazhentsi, Planinitsa, Prosenik, Rechitsa, Razboyna, Razhitsa, Rozhden, Rudina, Ruen, Rupcha, Shivarovo, Skalak, Snezha, Snyagovo, Sokolets, Sredna Mahala, Struya, Sini Rid, Topchiysko, Tranak, Vishna, Vresovo, Yabalchevo, Yasenovo, Zaimchevo, Zaychar, Zvezda

Sozopol Municipality

Atia, Chernomorets, Gabar, Indzhe voyvoda, Izvor, Krushevets, Prisad, Ravadinovo, Ravna gora, Rosen, Sozopol, Varshilo, Zidarovo

Sredets Municipality

Belevren, Belila, Bistrets, Bogdanovo, Debelt, Dolno Yabalkovo, Draka, Drachevo, Dyulevo, Fakiya, Golyamo Bukovo, Gorno Yabalkovo, Granitets, Granichar, Sredets, Kirovo, Kubadin, Momina Tsarkva, Malina, Orlintsi, Prohod, Panchevo, Radoynovo, Rosenovo, Svetlina, Sinyo Kamene, Slivovo, Suhodol, Trakiytsi, Varovnik, Zagortsi, Zornitsa,

Sungurlare Municipality

Balabanchevo, Beronovo, Bosilkovo, Chernitsa, Chubra, Dabovitsa, Gorovo, Esen, Grozden, Kamensko, Kamchiya, Klimash, Kosten, Lozarevo, Lozitsa, Manolich, Pchelin, Podvis, Prilep, Sadovo, Skala, Slavyantsi, Sungurlare, Terziysko, Valchin, Vedrovo, Velislav, Vezenkovo, Zavet

Tsarevo Municipality

Ahtopol, Arapya, Brodilovo, Balgari, Fazanovo, Izgrev, Kondolovo, Kosti, Lozenets, Rezovo, Sinemorets, Tsarevo, Varvara, Velika

References

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