Bourgas (in Bulgarian, Бургас) is a town of 209.479 inhabitants (March 1st, 2001, source: nsi.bg), located in the Oblast of Bourgas, on a peninsula at the edge of the Black Sea. First port of the Bulgaria. Immense oil complex. Bourgas has a house of play, a theater, philharmonic, the art gallery, the university, an establishment of higher education and research institutes.

Geography

History

Bourgas would have been rested by the Greek colonists of Apollonia (current the Sozopol) under the name of Pyrgos (Πύργος in Greek). During the Roman period, it took the name of Deultum , and there was a military colony for veterans (under Vespasien - 1st century). At the 17th century, Bourgas bore the name of Ahelo-Bourgas and was a small village of fishermen. Activities of fishing and cereal culture. The Turkish fortress being in the surroundings, Pirgos, received its name of Bourgas. In 1878, year of emancipation of Bulgaria, the city counted only 3000 inhabitants (in majority Greek).

Á end of the 19th century, establishment of chemical companies - transformation of oils. Near the city, existed mine S of salt and Fer. In 1890, the line of Railroad between Plovdiv and Bourgas are inaugurated. The city takes really its rise with the construction of the port, reinforced with the arrival of the Communists to the capacity, who decide to make city the first industrialo-harbor complex and build a new city.

The new city was created almost ex nihilo in the middle of old drained marshes (what is not without problem for the water provision), and becomes the fourth city of the country.

The current agglomeration extends on the sector from three other agglomerations from Kastiacion, Skafida and Rossokastron. Architecture is typical cities Soviet S except for the tiny center which shelters some patrimonial treasures.

Administration

Administrative structure

The commune of Bourgas (obchtina Bourgas) includes/understands 2 cities - Bourgas and Balgarevo - and 13 villages: Banevo (Банево) · Bratovo (Братово) · Bryastovets (Брястовец) · Dimtchevo (Димчево) · Draganovo (Драганово) · Izvorichte (Изворище) · Marinka (Маринка) · Mirolyoubovo (Миролюбово) · Ravnets (Равнец) · Roudnik (Рудник) · Tcherno more (Черноморе) · Tvarditsa (Твърдица) · Vetren (Ветрен).

Twinnings

• Hamburg (Germany)

• Yantai (China)
• San Francisco (the United States)
• Alexandroupolis (Greece)
• Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Krasnodar (Russia)

Etablissments of teaching

Economy

Tourism

The area of Bourgas in addition constitutes an important tourist pole, of which " the Coast of Soleil" (conurbation of Ravda, Nessebar, Sunnybeach, Svetivlas and Elenite) is the heart. The modern hotel infrastructures and the water sports strongly contribute to the tourist development of the area.

Industry

External bonds

• Official site of [[the Bourgas (oblast)|province of Bourgas].]

• Photograph gallery of Bourgas on fotki.com.
• Photographs of Bourgas.
• Airport of Bourgas.
• Site of the museums of Bourgas.
• municipal Opera
• municipal Gallery of painting.
• University of Varna - Prof Assen Zlatarov.
• free University of Bourgas.
• regional Library of Varna.
• Gate Bourgas.net
• Gate Bourgas.org
• Burgasinfo Gate.
• BurgasNews Gate.
• Internet site of the contractors of Bourgas.
• Sarafovo, Beverly Hills de Bourgas.

Gallery

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