Bulgaria

Administrative units

administrative units	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-03-01 census	population 2003-12-31 estimate
source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria. note: alternative spellings have: h= kh, j = zh, y = i, s = z.
North Central region	Ruse	17,944	1,192,123	1,165,806
Gabrovo			144,849	139,115
Loveč			171,236	163,342
Pleven			313,630	315,230
Ruse			267,618	261,108
Veliko Tărnovo			294,790	287,011
North East region	Varna	19,967	1,321,896	1,285,803
Dobrič			217,012	208,469
Razgrad			153,156	142,388
Šumen			205,198	200,701
Silistra			142,815	137,424
Tărgovište			138,703	138,160
Varna			465,012	458,661
North West region	Vidin	10,599	559,449	512,593
Montana			183,353	173,596
Vidin			131,215	122,609
Vratsa			244,881	216,388
South Central region	Plovdiv	27,515	1,992,502	1,944,382
Haskovo			279,067	270,096
Kărdžali			164,958	161,002
Pazardžik			313,059	303,246
Plovdiv			721,905	710,958
Smolyan			140,664	135,029
Stara Zagora			372,849	364,051
South East region	Burgas	14,648	802,932	782,653
Burgas		7,753	426,028	419,925
Jambol			156,631	149,534
Sliven			220,273	213,194
South West region	Sofija	20,300	2,104,769	2,110,036
Blagoevgrad			343,370	335,638
Kyustendil		3,084	163,388	156,376
Pernik			150,318	144,104
Sofija oblast			273,882	264,988
Sofija-Grad		1,345	1,173,811	1,208,930
total		110,971	7,973,671	7,801,273

name	population 1992-12-04 census	population 2001-03-01 census
Sofiya	1,114,925	1,096,389
Plovdiv	341,058	340,638
Varna	308,432	314,539
Burgas	195,686	193,316
Ruse	170,038	162,128
Stara Zagora	150,518	143,989
Pleven	130,812	122,149
Sliven	106,212	100,695
Dobrich (Tolbukhin)	104,494	100,379
Šumen	93,390	89,054
Pernik	90,549	86,133
Yambol	91,497	82,924
Khaskovo	80,700	80,870
Pazardzhik	82,578	79,476
Blagoevgrad	71,476	71,361
Vratsa	75,518	69,423
Gabrovo	76,522	67,350
Veliko Turnovo	67,540	66,998
Vidin	62,691	57,614
Kazanlūk	60,095	54,021
Asenovgrad	52,360	52,116
Kyustendil	54,431	50,243
source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria.