District Burgas (Oblast) is the largest administrative district in terms of area Bulgaria and is located on the southern Black Sea coast.
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Burgas Province | |
Capital | Burgas |
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Residents | 426.028 |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 415817 ![]() ![]() | |
surface | 7753.14 km² |
Another value for area on Wikidata: 7748.1 ![]() ![]() | |
Post Code | 8xxx |
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prefix | 055, 056 |
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website | www.bsregion.org/ |
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Municipalities
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Map of Burgas (Oblast)
The administrative district (Oblast) Burgas comprises 13 municipalities with a total of 426,000 inhabitants:
- 1 Aytos
(Айтос) -
- 2 Burgas
(Бургас) -
- 3 Kameno(Камено) -
- 4 Karnobat(Карнобат) -
- 5 Malko Tarnovo
(Малко Търново) -
- 6 Nessebar
(Несебър (община)) -
- 7 Pomorie
(Поморие) -
- 8 Primorsko
(Приморско) -
- 9 Ruen
(Руен) -
- 10 Soosopol
(Созопол) -
- 11 Sredez(Средец) -
- 12 Sungurlare(Сунгурларе) -
- 13 Tsarevo
(Царево) -
places
Other goals
- 1 Sunny beach
(Слънчев бряг) - another important beach and bathing resort
background
language
getting there
By plane
Burgas Airport (Летище Бургас, IATA: BOJ)
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Archaeological dig sites
- Kurgan from Alexandrovo: Burial mound from the 4th century BC. The interior is decorated with well-preserved frescoes.
- Bailovo Caves: Several caves with over 200 pictures, many of them related to the different phases of the moon.
- Kabile National Archaeological Reserve: 6 km outside of Yambol, the museum is open in summer from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and in winter from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Buses run 9 times a day between Yambol and the museum.
- Thracian barrow near Sozopol
Museums
- Burgas Museum 21, Bogoridi street. Tel.: (0)56-843 541. Exhibits from the period from 7000 BC to the 15th century.Open: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. (summer), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (winter, closed on Saturday).
- Burgas Ethnographic Museum, 69, Slavianska Street. Tel.: (0)56-842 587. Life and work in the 19th and 20th centuries in the Burgas region, numerous traditional costumes and typical clothing and fabrics from the Strandje area.Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed in summer Mon Winter Sun Mon.
- Burgas Historical Museum, Lermontov Street. Tel.: (0)56-841 815, (0)56-840 017. History and development of the city of Burgas in the Revival period and at the beginning of the 20th century.Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Sun Mon.
- Natural Science Museum Burgas, 20, Fotinov Street. Tel.: (0)56-843 239. Flora and fauna of the Black Sea coast and the Strandje Mountains.Open: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (closed on Mon in summer, Sat Mon in winter.
- Nessebar Archaeological Museum, Messembria-Strasse 2. Tel.: (0)55-426 018, (0)55-426 019, (0)55-423 494. Finds illustrate the millennia-old history of Nessebar.Open: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. (in summer).
- Historical Museum Sliven, Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard 18. Tel.: (0)44-22495. Archaeological, ethnographic and section on the Bulgarian Revival period.Open: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Saturday and Sunday.
- Sozopol Archaeological Museum, Khan Krum 2nd place. Tel.: (0)55-142 226. Thracian culture, metalworking, ionic ceramics.Open: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (summer), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (winter, closed Sun Mon.
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literature
Web links
- http://www.bsregion.org/ - Official website of Burgas Oblast
- www.burgasmuseums.bg: Museums, exhibitions, cultural programs, monuments, nature reserves in the Burgas district (Bulgarian and English)
- archeologia.bourgas.org: Archaeological excavation sites in the Burgas district (Bulgarian and English)