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In January 2014, Bulgaria started construction of a 30 km (19 mi) long security fence along its border with Turkey to contain a surge of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. [3] Standing 10 ft (3.0 m) tall and fortified with razor wire coils, the fence covers the least visible section of the border between the Lesovo border ...
Turkey: Unitary 81 provinces (il) 403 districts (ilçe) 403 district capitals. 388 towns 18,260 villages 32,244 neighborhoods (not in villages) 30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities) 519 consolidated district-municipalities: Turkmenistan: Unitary 5 regions (welaýatlar) (also known as provinces)
Map of the European Union Map of the EU, including all special territories. The Outermost Regions in blue are considered part of the EU's external borders. The border of the European Union consists of the land borders that member states of the EU share with non-EU states adjacent to the union. The EU shares land borders with 21 countries and 3 ...
Bulgaria is a country situated in Southeast Europe that occupies the eastern quarter of the Balkan peninsula, being the largest country within its geographic boundaries.It borders Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east.
Turkey, surrounded by water on three sides, has well-defined natural borders with its eight neighbors. [ 3 ] Turkey ’s frontiers with Greece —206 kilometers—and Bulgaria —240 kilometers— were settled [ 7 ] by the Treaty of Constantinople (1913) and later confirmed [ 7 ] by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.
Provinces (with ex-districts) in 1987–1999 Provinces of Bulgaria from 1987 to 1998. In 1987, the then-existing 28 districts were transformed into 9 large units (in Bulgarian called oblasts – provinces), which survived until 1999. [3]
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the change as a “huge success for both countries” and a “historic moment” for what is the world’s largest free travel zone.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...