Yugozapaden Planning Region
Southwest Planning Region
Югозападен район за планиране | |
|---|---|
Planning region | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Seat | Sofia |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,306.4 km2 (7,840.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 2,108,394  |
| • Density | 103.829/km2 (268.916/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal, 2024) | |
| • Total | €55.168 billion |
| • Per capita | €26,295 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | BG41 |
| HDI (2023) | 0.920  [4]very high · 1st of 6 |
Yugozapaden Planning Region (Southwest Planning Region) is a planning region in Bulgaria. The capital, also the national capital, is Sofia. It includes: Blagoevgrad Province, Sofia city, Sofia Province, Pernik Province and Kyustendil Province.
The region is Bulgaria's richest. The capital's economic sectors are diversified, including services and industries. The region produces approximately half of the national GDP.
See also
- NUTS of Bulgaria
References
- ^ 2011 Census
- ^ "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.