Official Name: | Yugoiztochen Planning Region |
Native Name: | Bulgarian: Югоизточен район за планиране |
Area Total Km2: | 19798.7 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 1,039,549 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | GDP |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Total |
Demographics1 Info1: | €8.210 billion (2021) |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | NUTS code |
Blank Info Sec1: | BG34 |
Blank2 Info: | |
Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2021) |
Blank Info Sec2: | 0.793[6] · 5th of 6 |
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.
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.
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.