Severen Tsentralen Planning Region

Severen Tsentralen Planning Region (Bulgarian: Северен централен район за планиране) is a planning region of Bulgaria, encompassing five Bulgarian provinces: Ruse, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Targovishte and Razgrad.

Severen Tsentralen Planning Region

Северен централен район за планиране
Planning region
Country Bulgaria
SeatRuse
Area
  Total14,974.0 km2 (5,781.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
  Total 794,998
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS codeBG32
GDP per capita
  • €5,000 (2017)[3]
  • 10,200 (PPS, 2017)[4]
HDI (2017) 0.789[5]
high · 3rd

The region is mostly inhabited by Bulgarians, Turkish and Romani people. Its largest cities are Ruse (population 175,000), Gabrovo (67,000) and Veliko Tarnovo (100,000, including hinterland).

Severen Tsentralen has a GDP per capita (PPS) of 10,200 (34% of the EU28 average) making it one of the least developed regions of Europe.[3] Its main economic centre is Ruse, Bulgaria's largest fluvial port.

See also

References

  1. Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
  2. "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. "Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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