Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region

Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region Южен централен район за планиране
Planning region
Country	Bulgaria
Seat	Plovdiv
Area [1]
• Total	22,365.1 km2 (8,635.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018) [2]
• Total	1,417,432
• Density	63.3770/km2 (164.146/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• Total	€9.499 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	BG42
GDP per capita	€5,600 (2018) [4] 11,100 (PPS, 2018) [5]
HDI (2021)	0.798 [6] high · 3th of 6

Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region (South-Central Planning Region) is a Bulgarian planning region. The capital is Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgaria. It includes five Bulgarians provinces: Plovdiv Province, Pazardzhik Province, Smolyan Province, Kardzhali Province and Haskovo Province.

It is the second most important economical region of the country which together with the Yugozapaden region produce almost two thirds of the national GDP.

See also

• NUTS of Bulgaria

References

1. Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
2. "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
3. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat" . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
4. "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
5. "Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
6. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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