Burgas

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Burgas

Total population

189,741

Coordinates42.49°, 27.47°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Burgas, sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 210,382 inhabitants, while 225,945 live in its urban area. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an important industrial, transport, cultural and tourist centre.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Milka Stoyanova

Bulgarian poet

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Milka Yanakieva

actor (1924-2015)

Miroslav Kosev

Bulgarian footballer

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Mircho Ivanov

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Nayden Milkov

Bulgarian singer

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Nataliya Andreeva

Bulgarian poet

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Nevena Mandadzhieva

Bulgarian actress

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Neycho Popov

Bulgarian director (1924-1974)

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Nikola Aleksandrov

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Nikola Valkov

Nikola Indzhov

Bulgarian writer

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Nikola Kofardzhiev

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Nikola Popov

Bulgarian actor

Nikola Sabotinov

Bulgarian physicist

Nikolay Pehlivanov

Bulgarian politician (born 1972)

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Panayot Raisy

politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Burgas

• Svoboda
  9.4 mi away · pop. 561
• Konstantinovo
  9.9 mi away · pop. 304
• Kamenar
  10.5 mi away · pop. 360
• Kameno
  10.7 mi away · pop. 5,329
• Krastina
  13.5 mi away · pop. 861
• Dabnik
  13.5 mi away · pop. 804
• Veselie
  13.8 mi away · pop. 837
• Ravda
  14.8 mi away · pop. 2,849
• Krushevets
  15.2 mi away · pop. 909
• Malka Polyana
  15.4 mi away · pop. 428
• Aleksandrovo
  15.4 mi away · pop. 68
• Belodol
  15.8 mi away · pop. 480

Browse all places in Burgas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Burgas

Noel et busca

Àngel Burgas · 2012

100 linogravi︠u︡ri na det︠s︡a ot Burgas

Petrana Marchinkova · 1979

Barcelona escape room

Àngel Burgas · 2022

Tots estimem l'Emma

Àngel Burgas · 2018

Burgas

Ignat Ignatov Penkov · 1968

La vuelta al mundo en 80 días

Àngel Burgas · 2009

El misterioso caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde

Àngel Burgas · 2007

Els contes de Lesbos

Àngel Burgas · 2023

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

French Red Underwing

Catocala elocata

Seen 2026-09-26

European Pond Turtle

Emys orbicularis

Seen 2026-09-26

Meal moth

Pyralis farinalis

Seen 2026-09-25

Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

Seen 2026-09-25

Barrel Jelly

Rhizostoma pulmo

Seen 2026-09-25

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Seen 2026-09-24

Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper

Acrida ungarica

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Seen 2026-09-24

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).