Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region
Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region
Южен централен район за планиране | |
|---|---|
Planning region | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Seat | Plovdiv |
| Area | |
• Total | 22,365.1 km2 (8,635.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,417,432  |
| • Density | 63.3770/km2 (164.146/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal, 2024) | |
| • Total | €13.983 billion |
| • Per capita | €10,707 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | BG42 |
| HDI (2023) | 0.831  [4]very high · 3rd of 6 |
Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region (South-Central Planning Region) is a Bulgarian planning region. The capital is Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgaria. It includes five Bulgarians provinces: Plovdiv Province, Pazardzhik Province, Smolyan Province, Kardzhali Province and Haskovo Province.
It is the second most important economical region of the country which together with the Yugozapaden region produce almost two thirds of the national GDP.
See also
- NUTS of Bulgaria
References
- ^ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
- ^ "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 26 August 2019.