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Severoiztochen Planning Region Североизточен район за планиране
Planning region
Country	Bulgaria
Seat	Varna
Area
• Total	14,487.4 km2 (5,593.6 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	933,705
• Density	64.4495/km2 (166.923/sq mi)
GDP (nominal, 2024)
• Total	€10.324 billion
• Per capita	€12,499
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	BG33
HDI (2023)	0.837 very high · 2nd of 6

Severoiztochen Planning Region (Northeast Planning Region) is a planning region in Bulgaria. The region includes four provinces: Targovishte Province, Varna Province, Shumen Province and Dobrich Province.

The largest cities are: Varna (360,000 - city proper; 500,000 - metro area), Dobrich (105,000 - city; 115,000 - agglomeration), Shumen (95,000), Silistra (42,000 -city; 52,000 - agglomeration). The agglomeration of Varna includes the towns of Provadia (14,000), Devnya (10,000), Aksakovo (7600 - fastest growing town in area) and others. The agglomeration of Silistra includes the largest villages in Bulgaria - Aydemir (7800) and Kalipetrovo (4700).

It is bordered on the east by the Black Sea. The Kamchia river flows through the region.

Economy

One of richest regions of Bulgaria, Severoiztochen is important for the national economy. Its economy is service-oriented and includes tourism. Severoiztochen is the second region most-visited region by foreign tourists after Yugoiztochen. Notable resorts include Golden Sands, Albena, SS Constantine and Helena. Interesting places are the towns of Balchik, Kavarna, Cape Kaliakra - on the sea, Madara - nearby Shumen, Srebarna Nature Reserve - nearby Silistra; Shumen boasts the Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria. Silistra Province and Dobrich Province form Southern Dobruja - the Bulgarian breadbasket. The port of Varna is the largest port in Bulgaria and the third largest on the Black Sea. The port of Balchik is a small fishing town. On the Danube, important ports are Silistra - fourth largest on the river, and Tutrakan. Varna is Bulgaria's second financial capital after Sofia; the city produces electronics, ships, food and other goods. Other important industrial centers in the region are Shumen - production and repair of trucks; Dobrich - big food-producing city, unofficial capital of Dobruja; Silistra - electronics, food; Devnya - big chemical center (cement and nitric fertilizer); Tutrakan - food and fishing boat.

See also

• NUTS of Bulgaria