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NORTH-EAST BULGARIA
The region of North East Bulgaria covers an area of 20,000 sq km and
is the third largest region in Bulgaria. Borders are the Black Sea to
the east, the Danube river to the north and the Balkan range to the
south. The region includes six districts (Varna, Dobrich, Razgrad,
Silistra, Targovishte and Shumen) and has a total population of 1.3
million people, which equals 16% of the national population, and
produces 14.4% of the Bulgarian GDP.
Small and Medium-sized companies create most of the regional gross
added value and thus are significantly important to economic
development. Important industries are agriculture including
food-processing industry, maritime industry, construction, textile and
tailoring industry, wood-processing industry, machine-building industry
and transport. Industry in the region employs a total of one third of
the workforce, while over 60% work in the service sector.
Transport infrastructure is good; three pan-European
transport routes and three international roads cross North East
Bulgaria. Located in the region are also an international airport
(Varna), a sea port (Varna) and a river port (Silistra).  |
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