Burgas Province
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Burgas Province Област Бургас |
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| Province | |
 Location of Burgas Province in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Burgas |
| Municipalities | 13 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Konstantin Grebenarov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,748.07 km2 (2,991.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 409,018 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | A AA (since 2008) |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 42°30′N 27°15′E / 42.500°N 27.250°E
Burgas Province (Bulgarian: Област Бургас - Oblast Burgas, former name Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, including southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is bounded on the south by Turkey. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Burgas - the fourth biggest town in the country. It is the largest province by area, embracing a territory of 7,748.1 km² that is divided into 13 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 422,319 inhabitants.
The Burgas province (oбласт, oblast) contains 13 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village (towns are shown in bold), and the population of each as of 2009.
The Burgas province had a population of 423,608 (423,547 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 49% were male and 51% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 422,319 of which 21.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
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