Bourgas (Burgas) Province
Aytos hosts the annual national folk festival "Slaveevi Noshti" ("Nightingales' Nights"), which takes place every Spring during the months of May and June. The festival is held at the "Slaveeva Reka" Recreational Park. It celebrates traditional dance and folk music from across Bulgaria.
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Cherna mogila |
Chernogra | Chukarka |
Dryankovet | Karageorgievo |
| Karanovo |
Lyaskovo |
Maglen |
Malka Polyana |
Peshtersko |
| Pirne |
Polyanovo |
Raklinovo |
Sudievo |
Topolitsa |
| Zetyovo |
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Burgas (Bourgas) is the capital of the province and the adminstrative centre of the region. It is
the second-largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is also
the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv
and Varna. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an industrial and
tourist centre. The Burgas Lakes are located around the city. During
the rule of the Ancient Romans, Burgas was known as Deultum, and was
established as a military colony for veterans by Vespasian. In the
Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pirgos (Πύργος being Greek for
"tower") was erected on the place and was most probably used as a
watchtower. It was only in the 17th century that a settlement named
Ahelo-Pirgas grew in the modern area of the city. It was later renamed
to Bourgas and had only about 3,000 inhabitants, most of them Greeks at
the time of the Liberation. Later, it became a major
centre on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and a city of
well-developed industry and trade. A number of oil and chemical
companies were gradually built. Salt and iron are also mined and traded
abroad. In 1903, the railway station in Burgas opened, giving an additional
boost to the city's expansion. Burgas, unlike many other Bulgarian
cities, was not much affected by Communist-type urbanization and has
kept many of its 19th and early 20th century architecture. Today the local port is the largest in Bulgaria adding significantly to
the regional economy. Burgas also holds annual national exhibitions and
international festivals and has a vibrant student population of over
6,000 that add to the city's appeal.
Bulgarovo is a town in the Bourgas municipality and has a population of just over 2000.
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| Banevo | Bratovo |
Bryastovets |
Cherno More |
Dimchevo |
| Draganovo |
Izvorishte |
Marinka |
Mirolyubovo |
Ravnets |
| Rudnik
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Tvarditsa |
Vetren
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Karnobat is
situated in the Rishki Passage links the municipality to north
Bulgaria. The Karnobat-Aitos range of the Balkan mountain is located in
the northern part of the municipality. Hisar hills rise to the south of
the town of Karnobat. The territory of Karnobat municipality is 806
km², 87.37% of which is agricultural land, 9.81% forest land and 2.82%
residential areas. The
town has recently escped the throws of the Sofia to Bourgas trunk road
sterringits way through the town and now enjoy a relatively quiet local
traffice scene. The town is becoming more popular with tourist since
this and because of its relative proximity to the Black Sea yet giving
countryside prices is a place where you can retreat yet less than an
hour way from the excitement of a resort. The town has all the facilities you require and is now beginning to be realised as popular place to live in Bulgaria
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| Asparuhovo | Cherkovo |
Detelina |
Devetak | Devetintsi |
| Dobrinovo | Dragantsi | Dragovo
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Ekzarh Antimovo | Glumche |
| Hadjiite |
Iskra |
Jeleznik
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Jitosvyat
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Klikach |
| Kozare
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Krumovo Gradishte | Krushovo
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Madrino |
Nevestino |
| Ognen |
Raklitsa |
San-Stefano |
Sigmen |
Smolnik |
| Sokolovo | Surnevo |
Tserkovski |
Venets |
Zimen
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Kameno is connected by
third-class roads and has a connection to the railway line Bourgas -
Sofia and with the cargo railway stations Balgarovo and Drouzhba. 80 %
of the area of Lukoil a major company and the main source of
revenue to the municipal budget. Small and medium enterprises are:
Profex Grains Base, Kameno town and surrounding villages have may mills
and cater for products such as dairy food, Soft Drinks, smoked
delicatessen meat and two workshops for canning mushrooms and
vegetables. The town processes flours and nuts and non-refined
vegetable oil. Because of the closeness of Lukoil ther are concerns about pollution
and environment issues but there is no air pollution in the other
population centers. The water and soil in the Municipality are clean
and a legal waste-landfill has been constructed on the land of Polski
Izvor village.
| Villages in Kameno Municipality |
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| Cherni Vruh | Jelyazovo | Konstantinovo | Krastina | Livada |
| Polski | Rusokastro | Svoboda | Troyanovo | Trustikovo |
| Vinarsko |
Vratitsa |
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Malko Tarnovo
is a town in southeastern Bulgaria 5 km from the Turkish border. Malko
Tarnovo is the only town in the interior of the Bulgarian Strandzha
Mountains, with the other important settlements being located on the
coast. Christianity is the dominant religion in the town, where an
Eastern Orthodox and an Eastern Rite Catholic church exist. The town
was liberated to become part of the modern Bulgarian state after the
Balkan Wars.
| Villages in Malko Tarnovo |
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| Bliznak |
Brushlyan |
Byala voda | Evrenozovo | Gramatikovo |
| Kalovo |
Mladejko |
Slivarovo |
Stoilovo |
Turnovo |
| Vizitsa |
Zabernovo |
Zvezdets |
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Nessebar
previously known as Mesembria. In modern times, Nesebar is a major
tourist attraction in what has become a popular area with several large
resortsthe largest, Sunny Beach, is situated immediately to the north
of Nesebar. Nesebar has on several occasions found itself on the
frontier of a threatened empire, and as such it is a town with a rich
history. The ancient part of the town is situated on a peninsula
(previously an island) connected to the mainland by a narrow man-made
isthmus, and it bears evidence of occupation by a variety of different
civilizations over the course of its existence. Its abundance of
historic buildings prompted UNESCO to include Nesebar in its list of
World Heritage Sites in 1983. As of 2005 Nesebar had a population of
10,194, Bulgaria and the mayor is Nikolay Trifonov.
| Villages in Nessebar Municipality |
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| Banya | Emona | Gyulyovtsa | Kosharitsa | Kozn |
Obzor is
a town in Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast. The Thracian name of Obzor
in Navlohos. The ancient Romans named it Templum Iovis (Temple of
Jupiter). This is a popular place for tourists.
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| Orizare |
Panitsovo |
Priseltsi |
Rakovskovo is
a small village made up of small farms and summer villas. The village
lies in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains and is within a 15 minute
drive to the Black Sea beach town of Obzor. As of 2006 the population
of Rakovskovo was 103.
| The Village in Rakovskovo Municipality |
| Ravda |
Sveti Vlas is a resort town on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province. As of September 2005, it has a population of 2,142. The town is located at the foot of the south slopes of the Balkan Mountains, in the northern part of Burgas Bay. A settlement was founded at the present place of Sveti Vlas in the 2nd century AD by the Thracians, then called Larissa. It was named Sveti Vlas in the 14th century after Saint Blaise, a monastery dedicated to whom existed in the region, but was burnt down in the 14th-18th century by consecutive pirate raids. During the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, it was known as Kücük manastir or simply Manastir ("monastery"), while the name Sveti Vlas became official after 1886. The settlement became a climatic sea resort in 1963 and a town on 2 February 2006. Sveti Vlas has grown as a tourist resort in recent times, serving as a quieter alternative to nearby Sunny Beach. The gap between the two places is shrinking as more hotels and holiday apartments are built along the coast. Sveti Vlas lies at the northern end of a bay which has Sunny Beach in its middle and the ancient town of Nesebar at its southern end. Sunny Beach and Nesebar is easily accessible by bus or taxi, and there are also boats going between Sveti Vlas and Nesebar.
| The Village in Sveti Vlas Municipality |
| Tunk |
Pomorie is a town is located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is located in Burgas Province 20 km from Burgas and 18 km from Sunny Beach. The ultrasaline lagoon Lake Pomorie, the northernmost of the Burgas Lakes, lies in the immediate proximity. Pomorie is an ancient city and today an important tourist destination. As of 2005 it had a population of 14,600 and the mayor is Petar Zlatanov.
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| Aheloy |
Aleksandrovo |
Bata |
Belodol |
Dubnik |
| Gaberovo |
Goritsa |
Gulube |
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Kableshkovo is a small town in the Pomorie Municipality, Bulgaria. As of 2005 the population is 2 866. A small but modern sports complex of PFC Naftex Burgas is under construction. It will include two football terrains and an attached hotel. A golf complex is also expected to be built by 2010, and is exp
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| Kamenar |
Kosovets |
Kozichino |
Luka |
Medovo |
| Poroy |
Stratsin |
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Primorsko is
a town in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. A well-known
resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located on a gore 52 km
south of Burgas and has a beach strip of about 1 km². The average
temperature is 27°C in July, often reaching 30-33°C and making
Primorsko a favoured place for tourism. One of the smaller towns in
Bulgaria by population, Primorsko has seen a remarkable increase of
residents in recent years, topping the list of Bulgarian towns by
population growth between December 2004 and June 2005 with 13.5%. The
rivers Ropotamo and Dyavolska reka run close to the town.
Kiten is a resort town in the Primorsko municipality on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is
situated on a peninsula and has two beaches. The settlement was founded
by Bulgarian refugees from the parts of Thrace that stayed under
Turkey, but has roots from Antiquity, as amphoras from the 6th century
BC were found on the south beach. On 17 June 2005 the former village
was proclaimed a town in order to more effectively cope with the
growing number of tourists, primarily from the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Russia and Germany (as of the summer of 2005).ected to be the biggest and most modern golf complex in the
country.
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| Kosharitsa |
Novo |
Panicharevo | Pismenovo | Veselie |
| Yasna Polyana |
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Rouen The average altitude if Ruen
ranges from 400 to 500 m. Forests occupy 354 sq.km. The railway line
Karnobat-Varna and the road Bourgas - Aitos - Provadiya - Varna passes
through the territory of the municipality. Most of the towns and
villages are located along the Louda Kamchia and Hadzhijska rivers.The
villages located in flat areas develop vegetable and perennial plants
growing. The areas planted with wine vines have increased over the past
years. Much of the territory is occupied by oak, beech and coniferous
forests that are home to deer, roe, wild boar, hare and all types of
wild fowl. Rouen
municipality enjoys a very clean environment. Its territory is suitable
for development of tourism. The municipality is visited by many
tourists seeking its untouched nature, hunting and fishing.
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| Bilka |
Cheresha | Dobra Polyana | Dobromir | Dropla |
| Duskotna |
Dyulya |
Kamenyak |
Karavelyovo |
Kitka |
| Listets |
Lyulyakovo |
Mrejichko |
Planinitsa |
Podgorets |
| Preobrajentsi |
Pripek |
Prosenik |
Rajitsa |
Razboyna |
| Rechitsa |
Rojden |
Rudina |
Rupcha |
Shivarovo |
| Sini Rid |
Skalak |
Sneja |
Snyagovo |
Sokolets |
| Sredna Mahala |
Struya |
Topchiysko |
Trunak |
Vishna |
| Vresovo |
Yabulchevo |
Yasenovo |
Zaimchevo |
Zaychar |
| Zvezda |
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Sozopol is a small ancient town located 30 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today the town is mostly a seaside resort known for the Apollonia art and film festival named after one of Sozopol's ancient names. As of September 2005 Sozopol has a population of 4,641.
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| Atia |
Chernomorets | Gabur | Indje Voyvoda |
Izvor |
| Krushevets |
Prisad |
Ravadinovo | Ravna Gora | Rosen |
| Vurshilo | Zidarovo |
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Sredets is
located close to Lake Mandrensko and the northern slopes of
Strandzha. During the Ottoman rule it was known as Karabunar and later
as Grudovo (19601992). Although the area of Sredets has been inhabited
since antiquity and a Bulgarian and Byzantine fortress existed nearby
during the Middle Ages, the modern town was first mentioned in 1595 by
one of the foreign travellers who passed through, as well as in Ottoman
tax registers of 16761731. Charles XII of Sweden is known to have
stayed overnight in the village in 1713 en route to Constantinople and
Sophronius of Vratsa worked as a teacher in Karabunar in 17921793.
Russian Army data claims it was visited by Vasil Levski in 1868. After
the Liberation of
Bulgaria in 1878 the village was renamed Sredets in 1934. It became a
town in 1960 and was renamed Grudovo in honour of Todor Grudov, a
leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party-organized September Uprising of
1923. In 1992 its older name Sredets was reinstated. Steeped
in history Sredets and it's idilic villages surrounding it remains
unspoilt and ripe for discovery in this beautiful area of Bulgaria.
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| Belevren | Belila | Bistrets | Bogdanovo |
Debelt |
| Dolno Yabulkovo |
Drachevo |
Draka | Dyulevo |
Fakia |
| Golyamo Bukovo |
Gorno Yabulkovo | Granichar | Granitets |
Kirovo |
| Kubadin
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Malina |
Momina Tsarkva |
Orlintsi
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Prohod
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| Punchevo | Radoynovo |
Rosenovo |
Sinyo kamene |
Slivovo |
| Suhodol | Svetlina
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Trakiytsi |
Varovnik |
Vulchanovo |
| Zagortsi |
Zornitsa |
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Tsarevo The town is the administrative centre of
Tsarevo municipality and is also a resort and fishing town on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is situated on
three small coves 72 km southeast of Bourgas, at the eastern foot of
the Strandzha Mountain. Tsarevo's
harbour is the southernmost one on the Bulgarian coast and was declared
an international harbour in 1995. The best of both worlds here with
resorts and the Srandzha countryside on the doorstep, only 1 hour from
Bourgas Ariport as well.
Ahtopol is a town and seaside resort on the southern Bulgarian
Black Sea Coast. It is located on a headland and is close to the border
with European Turkey. The town lies at the site of an ancient Thracian
settlement.
It was probably colonised in the 6th century BC. The Romans
called it Peronticus, while the Byzantine leader Agathon reconstructed
the town after barbarian invasions and gave it his own name,
Agathopolis. In the Middle Ages, the town frequently changed hands
between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire. With the arrival
of the Ottoman troops at the end of the 14th century, it was called
Ahtenbolu. It was burnt down and devastated by sea pirates many times
with the most recent fire being in 1918 when the town was almost
destroyed. Remains of the town's fortress (reaching up to 8 m in height
and 3.5 m in width), the 12th-century monastery of St Yani and a
fountain with a carved horseman are the only traces left from ancient
times. Another landmark is the Church of the Ascension from 1796. After
the Balkan Wars, when the area was ceded to Bulgaria by the Ottoman
Empire, the town's predominantly Greek population moved to Greece and
was replaced by Bulgarian refugees from Eastern Thrace. A place studded
with history and now a new page is turned with its door open to Europe.
| Villages in Ahtopol Municipality |
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| Brodilovo | Bulgari | Fazanovo | Izgrev | Kondolovo |
| Kosti | Lozenets | Rezovo | Sinemorets | Varvara |
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Sungurlare The territory
of
Sungurlare municipality is one of the biggest in Burgas county. It is
situated on area of 824.4 sq. m. in the northwestern part of Burgas
county. On the north it is bounded by Shumen county, on the east by
Ruen municipality, on the south - by Karnobat municipality and on the
west it borders by the Sliven and Yambol counties. The
administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sungurlare,
situated in the beautiful Sungurlare Valley which spreads form the
village of Mokren to the village of Lozarevo. The region is known for
its 23 decares of Red Muskatel grapes with an annual production of
around 25000 tons. This is another stunning beautiful and unspoilt area
of Bulgaria and is growing in popularity as the word spreads.
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| Balabanchevo | Beronovo | Bosilkovo | Chernitsa | Chubra |
| Dubovitsa |
Esen | Gorovo |
Grozden | Kamchia |
| Kamensko |
Klimash |
Kosten |
Lozarevo |
Lozitsa |
| Manolich |
Pchelin |
Podvis |
Prilep |
Sadovo |
| Saedinenie |
Skala |
Slavyantsi |
Terziysko |
Vedrovo |
| Velislav |
Vezenkovo |
Vulchin |
Zavet |
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