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Burgas Oblast
Област Бургас
Oblast (Province)
Church of St
Church of St. John the Baptist in Nessebar
Location of Burgas Oblast in Bulgaria
Location of Burgas Oblast in Bulgaria
Country Bulgaria
Oblast Capital Burgas
Municipalities Aytos, Burgas, Kameno, Karnobat, Malko Tarnovo, Nesebar, Pomorie ObshtinaPomorie, Primorsko, Ruen, Sozopol, Sredets, Sungurlare, Tsarevo
Government
 • Governor Konstantin Grebenarov
Area
 • Total
7,748.1 km2 (2,991.6 sq mi)

Burgas Oblast (province) (Bulgarian: Област Бургас - Oblast Burgas, former name Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, including southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is bounded on the south by Turkey. 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, embracing a territory of 7,748.1 km²[1] that is divided into 13 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 422,319 inhabitants.[2][3][4]

Lake-mandrensko-dinev

Lake Mandrensko near Burgas

Malko Turnovo Museum

Old houses in Malko Tarnovo, Strandzha region

Sozopol-dinev-1

View of Sozopol

Nessebar St Jean-Baptiste

Church of St John the Baptist (11th century) in Nessebar

Obshtinas (Communes)[]

Burgas Oblast map EN

The Obshtinas of Burgas Oblast

Burgas Oblast contains 13 Obshtinas (communes) (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each Obshtina in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of 2009.

Obshtina Cyrillic Pop.[2][3][4] Town/Village Pop.[3][5][6][7]
Aytos Айтос 30,450 Aytos 21,067
Burgas Бургас 206,343 Burgas 193,765
Kameno Камено 12,395 Kameno 4,848
Karnobat Карнобат 26,576 Karnobat 18,480
Malko Tarnovo Малко Търново 3,807 Malko Tarnovo 2,449
Nesebar Несебър 25,311 Nesebar 11,626
Pomorie Поморие 27,557 Pomorie 13,569
Primorsko Приморско 7,332 Primorsko 3,340
Ruen Руен 28,217 Ruen 2,282
Sozopol Созопол 15,578 Sozopol 5,410
Sredets Средец 16,261 Sredets 9,238
Sungurlare Сунгурларе 13,079 Sungurlare 3,416
Tsarevo Царево 9,413 Tsarevo 5,884

Demography[]

Burgas Oblast had a population of 423,608 (423,547 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 49% were male and 51% were female.[8] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 422,319[2] of which 21.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[9]

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Burgas Oblast
Year 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 317,156 352,812 387,252 420,268 449,237 440,372 423,608 418,750 420,095 422,319 409,018
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „Census 2011“,[4] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

Religion[]

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[10]

Census 2001
religious adherence population %
Orthodox Christians 339,653 80.19%
Muslims 64,568 15.24%
Roman Catholics 452 0.11%
Protestants 2,339 0.55%
Other 1,937 0.46%
Religion not mentioned 14,598 3.45%
total 423,547 100%

Towns and villages[]

The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo).

Aytos Obshtina[]

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

Burgas Obshtina[]

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

Kameno Obshtina[]

Kameno, Krastina, Livada, Konstantinovo, Polski izvor, Rusokastro, Svoboda, Troyanovo, Trastikovo, Cherni vrah Vinarsko, Vratitsa, Zhelyazovo

Karnobat Obshtina[]

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 Obshtina[]

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

Nesebar Obshtina[]

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

Pomorie Obshtina[]

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

Primorsko Obshtina[]

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 Obshtina[]

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

Sredets Obshtina[]

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 Obshtina[]

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 Obshtina[]

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

See also[]

References[]

External links[]


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