Southern Bulgaria
Southern Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Южна България, Yuzhna Balgariya) is the southern half of the territory of Bulgaria, located to the south of the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains which conventionally separates the country into a northern and a southern part. Besides the Balkan Mountains, Southern Bulgaria borders Serbia to the west, North Macedonia to the southwest, Greece to the south, Turkey to the southeast and the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast to the east.
Geographically, the
Sub-Balkan valleys and the Kraishte region. Southern Bulgaria covers an area of 62,414 square kilometres and has a population of 5,085,872 as of 2009[update] (63% of Bulgaria's entire population), with a population density of 81.5 people per km2. The three largest cities are the national capital Sofia, the largest city in Thrace, Plovdiv, and the major Black Sea port of Burgas
.
Administratively, Southern Bulgaria includes the following 14 Bulgarian provinces:
- Blagoevgrad Province
- Burgas Province
- Haskovo Province
- Kardzhali Province
- Kyustendil Province
- Pazardzhik Province
- Pernik Province
- Plovdiv Province
- Sliven Province
- Smolyan Province
- Sofia City Province
- Sofia Province
- Stara Zagora Province
- Yambol Province
Historically, Southern Bulgaria covers the historical regions of
Southeastern
Bulgaria, with slightly varying borders.
In Antiquity, the
Sakar
.
Gallery
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Overview of the Upper Thracian Plain -
Kamenitsa Peak in Pirin -
The southeastern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast -
Rhodopes
See also
References
- "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес" (in Bulgarian). Главна Дирекция Гражданска Регистрация и Административно Обслужване. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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