Yugoiztochen Planning Region

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.

Yugoiztochen Planning Region

Югоизточен район за планиране
planning region
Country Bulgaria
SeatBurgas
Area
 • Total19,798.7 km2 (7,644.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total 1,039,549
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS codeBG34
GDP per capita
  • €6,400 (2017)[3]
  • 13,000 (PPS, 2017)[4]
HDI (2017) 0.782[5]
high · 5th

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

References
  1. Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
  2. "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. "Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.


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