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Severoiztochen Planning Region Североизточен район за планиране | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Seat | Varna |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,487.4 km2 (5,593.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 933,705 |
| • Density | 64.4495/km2 (166.923/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €7.103 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | BG33 |
| GDP percapita | |
| HDI (2021) | 0.804 [6]high ·2nd of 6 |
Severoiztochen Planning Region (Northeast Planning Region) is a planning region inBulgaria.The region includes four provinces:Targovishte Province,Varna Province,Shumen Province andDobrich Province.
Largest cities areVarna (360,000 - city proper; 500,000 - metro area),Dobrich (105,000 - city; 115,000 - agglomeration),Shumen (95,000),Silistra (42,000 -city; 52,000 - agglomeration). The agglomeration ofVarna includes the towns ofProvadia (14,000),Devnya (10,000),Aksakovo (7600 - fastest growing town in area) and others. The agglomeration ofSilistra includes the largest villages inBulgaria -Aydemir (7800) andKalipetrovo (4700).
It is bordered on the east by theBlack Sea. TheKamchia river flows through the region.
One of richest regions of Bulgaria, Severoiztochen is important for the national economy. Its economy is service-oriented and includes tourism. Severoiztochen is the second region most-visited region by foreign tourists afterYugoiztochen. Notable resorts includeGolden Sands,Albena,SS Constantine and Helena. Interesting places are the towns ofBalchik,Kavarna,Cape Kaliakra - on the sea,Madara - nearbyShumen,Srebarna Nature Reserve - nearbySilistra; Shumen boasts theMonument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria.Silistra Province andDobrich Province formSouthern Dobruja - the Bulgarianbreadbasket. The port of Varna is the largest port in Bulgaria and the third largest on the Black Sea. The port ofBalchik is a small fishing town. On theDanube, important ports areSilistra - fourth largest on the river, andTutrakan.Varna is Bulgaria's second financial capital afterSofia; the city produces electronics, ships, food and other goods. Other important industrial centers in the region areShumen - production and repair of trucks;Dobrich - big food-producing city, unofficial capital ofDobruja;Silistra - electronics, food;Devnya - big chemical center (cement and nitric fertilizer);Tutrakan - food and fishing boat.