Northern Bulgaria
Northern Bulgaria (
Danube River and Romania to the north and the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
to the east.
Geographically, the
Rousse and Pleven
.
Administratively, Northern Bulgaria includes the following 14 Bulgarian provinces:
- Dobrich Province
- Gabrovo Province
- Lovech Province
- Montana Province
- Pleven Province
- Razgrad Province
- Rousse Province
- Shumen Province
- Silistra Province
- Targovishte Province
- Varna Province
- Veliko Tarnovo Province
- Vidin Province
- Vratsa Province
Parts of Burgas Province, Sliven Province, and Sofia Province also geographically belong to Northern Bulgaria.
Northern Bulgaria covers the historical region of
Sub-Balkan valleys to the south of the main ridge. In Antiquity, the Jireček Line divided Latin (in the north) and Ancient Greek (in the south) language influence in the Balkans, with Northern Bulgaria to the north of it and Southern Bulgaria to the south. Much later, after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, all of Northern Bulgaria and the region of Sofia became the Principality of Bulgaria while most of the rest of Southern Bulgaria was part of Eastern Rumelia until the Bulgarian unification
in 1885.
Gallery
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The fertile plains of Dobruja -
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A village in the northwestern reaches of the Balkan Mountains -
The Bulgarian Black Sea Coast near Varna
See also
References
- "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес" (in Bulgarian). Главна Дирекция Гражданска Регистрация и Административно Обслужване. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for North Bulgaria.