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Varna Province

Varna Province
Област Варна
Province
Location of Varna Province in Bulgaria
Location of Varna Province in Bulgaria
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 / 43.217; 27.467

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 VarnaDevnya 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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