List of cities in Bulgaria
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This is a list of cities in Bulgaria with over 20,000 inhabitants. Province capitals are shown in bold.
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[edit] Ordered by population
# | City | Province (Oblast) | Population | ||
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1991 census | 2001 census | March 2006 calculation[1] | |||
1 | Sofia | Sofia City | 1,114,925 | 1,096,389 | 1,123,562 |
2 | Plovdiv | Plovdiv Province | 341,058 | 340,638 | 331,294 |
3 | Varna | Varna Province | 308,432 | 314,539 | 321,727 |
4 | Burgas | Burgas Province | 195,686 | 193,316 | 194,338 |
5 | Rousse | Ruse Province | 170,038 | 162,128 | 160,987 |
6 | Stara Zagora | Stara Zagora Province | 157,518 | 147,989 | 146,870 |
7 | Pleven | Pleven Province | 130,812 | 122,149 | 120,112 |
8 | Sliven | Sliven Province | 106,212 | 100,695 | 103,001 |
9 | Dobrich | Dobrich Province | 104,494 | 100,379 | 101,912 |
10 | Shumen | Shumen Province | 93,390 | 89,054 | 87,946 |
11 | Pernik | Pernik Province | 90,549 | 86,133 | 84,790 |
12 | Yambol | Yambol Province | 91,497 | 82,924 | 82,532 |
13 | Haskovo | Haskovo Province | 80,700 | 80,870 | 80,474 |
14 | Pazardzhik | Pazardzhik Province | 82,578 | 79,476 | 78,885 |
15 | Blagoevgrad | Blagoevgrad Province | 71,476 | 71,361 | 70,364 |
16 | Vratsa | Vratsa Province | 75,518 | 69,923 | 68,268 |
17 | Gabrovo | Gabrovo Province | 76,522 | 67,350 | 65,306 |
18 | Veliko Tarnovo | Veliko Tarnovo Province | 67,540 | 66,998 | 64,101 |
19 | Vidin | Vidin Province | 62,691 | 57,614 | 58,839 |
20 | Kazanlak | Stara Zagora Province | 60,095 | 54,021 | 54,416 |
21 | Asenovgrad | Plovdiv Province | 52,360 | 52,116 | 53,763 |
22 | Kyustendil | Kyustendil Province | 54,431 | 50,243 | 51,426 |
23 | Montana | Montana Province | 52,476 | 49,368 | 48,504 |
24 | Kardzhali | Kardzhali Province | 45,793 | 45,729 | 47,231 |
25 | Dimitrovgrad | Haskovo Province | 50,977 | 45,918 | 44,569 |
26 | Lovech | Lovech Province | 48,242 | 44,262 | 42,196 |
27 | Silistra | Silistra Province | 48,360 | 48,360 | 41,555 |
28 | Targovishte | Targovishte Province | 43,016 | 40,775 | 41,351 |
29 | Dupnitsa | Kyustendil Province | 41,398 | 38,323 | 39,892 |
30 | Razgrad | Razgrad Province | 40,933 | 39,036 | 37,415 |
31 | Gorna Oryahovitsa | Veliko Tarnovo Province | 38,914 | 35,621 | 35,447 |
32 | Petrich | Blagoevgrad Province | 27,659 | 29,785 | 30,747 |
33 | Smolyan | Smolyan Province | 34,086 | 33,153 | 30,648 |
34 | Samokov | Sofia Province | 28,608 | 27,664 | 27,758 |
35 | Sandanski | Blagoevgrad Province | 26,096 | 26,695 | 27,331 |
36 | Lom | Montana Province | 31,133 | 27,897 | 26,963 |
37 | Svishtov | Veliko Tarnovo Province | 30,404 | 30,591 | 25,650 |
38 | Karlovo | Plovdiv Province | 27,291 | 25,715 | 25,195 |
39 | Nova Zagora | Sliven Province | 26,260 | 25,453 | 25,193 |
40 | Velingrad | Pazardzhik Province | 25,634 | 25,009 | 25,141 |
41 | Sevlievo | Gabrovo Province | 25,494 | - | 24,894 |
42 | Troyan | Lovech Province | - | 25,104 | 23,439 |
43 | Aytos | Burgas Province | - | - | 22,356 |
44 | Botevgrad | Sofia Province | - | - | 20,820 |
45 | Gotse Delchev | Blagoevgrad Province | - | - | 20,345 |
46 | Harmanli | Haskovo Province | - | - | 20,113 |
47 | Peshtera | Pazardzhik Province | - | - | 20,106 |
[edit] Ordered alphabetically
[edit] References
- ^ Head Direction of Residential Registration and Administrative Service. Population table by permanent and present address as of 14 March 2006. Visited 21 May 2006.
[edit] External links
- Bulgarian cities at City Population website
- Map of Bulgarian towns at the World Gazetteer website
- Map of Bulgarian towns at BGMaps.com
- Maps of Bulgarian towns at Domino.bg
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