Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region

Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region (South-Central Planning Region) is a Bulgarian planning region. The capital is Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgaria. It includes five Bulgarians provinces: Plovdiv Province, Pazardzhik Province, Smolyan Province, Kardzhali Province and Haskovo Province.

Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region Южен централен район за планиране
planning region
Country	Bulgaria
Seat	Plovdiv
Area [1]
• Total	22,365.1 km^2 (8,635.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	1,417,432
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	BG42
GDP	€7,942,910,000 (nominal, 2018)[3] €15,639,790,000 (PPS, 2018)[3]
GDP per capita	€5,600 (2018)[4] 11,100 (PPS, 2018)[5]
HDI (2017)	0.785[6] high · 4th

It is the second most important economical region of the country which together with the Yugozapaden region produce almost two thirds of the national GDP.

See also

• NUTS of Bulgaria

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. Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices and PPS by NUTS 2 regions
4. "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
5. "Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
6. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.