Provinces o Bulgarie

Syne 1999, Bulgarie haes been dividit intae 28 provinces (, oblasti; singular област, oblast; owerset as "region" an aa) whilk thareby correspond tae the 28 destricts (okrugs) that existit afore 1987. In 1987, durin the Communist regime o Todor Zhivkov, the destricts wur consolidatit intae nine muckler provinces (oblasts), whilk survivit till 1999.Government Structure of Bulgaria at countrystudies.us, a wabsteid affiliate wi the Library of Congress

Ilka province is namit efter its caipital. In the case o Sofia Province an Sofia Caipital, Sofia is the caipital o baith, but its territory is anerlie includit in Sofia Caipital.

The provinces are further subdividit intae 264 municipalities (община, obshtina).

 Province Population (Census 2001)http://www.nsi.bg/EPDOCS/Census2011final.pdf  Census 2011 PDFhttp://censusresults.nsi.bg/Welcome.aspx Census 2011 Population (Census 2011) Population growth (2001/2011) Land aurie (km²) Population density (/km²) Municipalities Blagoevgrad   341,173 323,552  -5.2%  6,478  49.95 14</tr> Burgas             423,547 415,817  -1.8%  7,618  54.5813</tr> Dobrich           215,217 189,677  -11.9%  4,700  40.368</tr> Gabrovo           144,125 122,702  -14.9%  2,053  59.774</tr> Haskovo           277,478 246,238  -11.3%  4,033  61.0611 </tr> Kardzhali       164,019 152,808  -6.8%  4,032  37.90 7</tr> Kyustendil     162,534 136,686  -15.9%  3,027  45.169 </tr> Lovech             169,951 141,422  -16.8%  4,134  34.21 8</tr> Montana           182,258 148,098  -18.7%  3,595  41.2011 </tr> Pazardzhik     310,723 275,548  -11.3%  4,393  62.72 11</tr> Pernik             149,832 133,530  -10.9%  2,377  56.18 6</tr> Pleven             311,985 269,752  -13.5%  4,216  63.98 11</tr> Plovdiv           715,816 683,027  -4.6%  5,973  114.35 18</tr> Razgrad           152,417 125,190  -17.9%  2,648  47.28 7</tr> Ruse                 266,157 235,252  -11.6%  2,616  89.93 8</tr> Shumen             204,378 180,528  -11.7%  3,365  53.6510</tr> Silistra         142,000 119,474  -15.9%  2,862  41.74 7</tr> Sliven             218,474 197,473  -9.6%  3,646  54.16 4</tr> Smolyan           140,066 121,752  -13.1%  3,532  34.47 10</tr> Sofia (ceety) 1,170,842 1,291,591  +10.3%  1,349  957.44 1</tr> Sofia (province)    273,240 247,489  -9.4%  7,277  34.01 22</tr> Stara Zagora 370,615 333,265  -10.1%  4,959  67.2011</tr> Targovishte   137,689 120,818  -12.3%  2,735  44.175</tr> Varna               462,013 475,074  +2.8%  3,819  124.4012</tr> Veliko Tarnovo 293,172 258,494  -11.8%  4,684  55.1910</tr> Vidin               130,074 101,018  -22.3%  3,071  32.8911</tr> Vratsa             243,036 186,848  -23.1%  4,098  45.5910</tr> Yambol             156,070 131,447  -15.8%  4,209  31.235</tr>

 History 

In 1987, the then-existin twinty-aicht destricts wur transformit intae nine muckle provinces. In 1999, the auld destricts wur restored, but the designation "province" ("oblast") wis kept. The nine muckle provinces are leetit below, alang wi the pre-1987 destricts (post-1999 provinces) comprisin them.
 1987-1999oblasts  Comprising</tr> Burgas   Burgas, Sliven, Yambol</tr> Haskovo  Haskovo, Kardzhali, Stara Zagora</tr> Lovech   Gabrovo, Lovech, Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo</tr> Montana  Montana, Vidin, Vratsa</tr> Plovdiv  Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan</tr> Razgrad  Razgrad, Ruse, Silistra, Targovishte</tr> Sofia    Sofia City</tr> Sofia    Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia</tr> Varna    Dobrich, Shumen, Varna</tr>

 See an aw 
Bulgaria
Etymological leet o provinces o Bulgarie
Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie
Leet o veelages in Bulgarie
Municipalities o Bulgarie
ISO 3166-2:BG
 Liste des gouverneurs des provinces bulgares

 References 


Category:Subdiveesions o Bulgarie
Bulgarie, Provinces
Bulgarie 1
Provinces, Bulgarie
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