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The Bulgarian term "област" (oblast) is preferably translated into English as "province", in order to avoid disambiguation and distinguish from the former unit called "окръг" (okrag, translated as "district") and the term "регион" (always translated as "region"). At any rate, "district" and "region" are sometimes still used to ...
The northern border with Romania follows the river Danube until the city of Silistra. The land area of Bulgaria is 110,994 [1] square kilometres (42,855 sq mi) (111,002 [1] square kilometres (42,858 sq mi)), slightly larger than that of Cuba, Iceland or the U.S. state of Tennessee. Considering its relatively compact territorial size and shape ...
After 1880 Kingdom of Bulgaria were separated to 21 Okrazhiya (in English: regimental). During the years to 1885 Eastern Rumelia , where were living Bulgarians (around 92%) administrative separated to 6 departments.
Southern Bulgaria covers an area of 62,414 square kilometres and has a population of 5,085,872 as of 2009 (63% of Bulgaria's entire population), with a population density of 81.5 people per km 2. The three largest cities are the national capital Sofia , the largest city in Thrace , Plovdiv , and the major Black Sea port of Burgas .
The location of Bulgaria Flag-map of Bulgaria An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Bulgaria The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bulgaria: Bulgaria is a unitary parliamentary republic located in Southeastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and ...
With its railway line and road connection, the region forms the heart of the land-based trading route between northern Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. Since the early 2000s the province enjoys a mini boom in trade from thousands of Greek day-trippers from across the border, purchasing cheaper goods and services (dental, opticians, etc.).
An oblast (/ ˈ ɒ b l æ s t / or / ˈ ɒ b l ɑː s t /) [a] [b] is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term oblast is often translated into English as 'region' or 'province'.
The region is composed of: Burgas Province, Dobrich Province and Varna Province in Bulgaria (16,300 km 2, [2] 1,060,000 inhabitants [3]) Constanța County and Tulcea County in Romania (15,600 km 2, 980,000 inhabitants [4]) The largest city is Varna, [3] [5] The administrative center of the euroregion is Varna.