Severoiztochen Planning Region
Severoiztochen Planning Region
Североизточен район за планиране | |
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Planning region | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Seat | Varna |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,487.4 km2 (5,593.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 933,705 |
| • Density | 64.4495/km2 (166.923/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €7.103 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | BG33 |
| GDP per capita |
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| HDI (2021) | 0.804 high · 2nd of 6 |
Severoiztochen Planning Region (Northeast Planning Region) is a planning region in Bulgaria.The region includes four provinces: Targovishte Province, Varna Province, Shumen Province and Dobrich Province.
Largest cities are Varna (360,000 - city proper; 500,000 - metro area), Dobrich (105,000 - city; 115,000 - agglomeration), Shumen (95,000), Silistra (42,000 -city; 52,000 - agglomeration). The agglomeration of Varna includes the towns of Provadia (14,000), Devnya (10,000), Aksakovo (7600 - fastest growing town in area) and others. The agglomeration of Silistra includes the largest villages in Bulgaria - Aydemir (7800) and Kalipetrovo (4700).
It is bordered on the east by the Black Sea. The Kamchia river flows through the region.