Varna Province
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Varna Province Област Варна |
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| Province | |
 Location of Varna Province in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Varna |
| Municipalities | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Doncho Simeonov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,819.5 km2 (1,474.7 sq mi) |
| Population (April 2016) | |
| • Total | 494,216 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | B |
| Website | vn.government.bg |
Coordinates: 43°13′N 27°28′E / 43.217°N 27.467°E
Varna Province (Bulgarian: Област Варна, Oblast Varna, former name Varna okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, onе of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities (общини, obshtini, sing. общинa, obshtina) with a population, in April 2016, of 494,216 inhabitants. The province is named after its administrative centre: the city of Varna.
The province's territory is 3,819.5 square kilometres. It borders the Black Sea and covers parts of the hilly Danubian Plain (including parts of the Franga Plateau, South Dobruja, the Provadiya Plateau, Ludogorie, and the Avren Plateau), Eastern Stara Planina, the Varna–Devnya valley with the lakes (limans) of Varna and Beloslav, and the Kamchiya river valley. Other rivers include Provadiya, Devnya, and Batova, and the largest artificial lake is Tsonevo.
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