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Bulgaria Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 7,920   Population 2000 (UN '000) 7,949
Area (km2) 111,307   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 21
Number of Administrative Units 261   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 30
Number of Urban Extents 44   Number of Settlement Points 41

Bulgaria Details

Names
ISO3-Code BGR
Continent Europe
Country Name Bulgaria
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type District (Oblast)
Level2 Type Municipality
Number of Units 261
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 30
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 9,008
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 8,444
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 7,920
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 8,718
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 8,406
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 7,949
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 111,307
Average Input Resolution (km) 21
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 41
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,098,433
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 24,965
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 101,323
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 44
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,168
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 152
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 6,698
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,066,752
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,531
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 93,132
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 4,097,791
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 6%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 51%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 67%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 100
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Census 2001. Republic of Bulgaria. National Institute of Statistics, downloaded from: http://www.nsi.bg/Census_e/Census_e.htm . 1995 District (administrative level 1) data from Statistical Yearbook. Republic of Bulgaria. National Institute of Statistics.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB), United Nations, http://www3.who.int/whosis/gis/salb/salb_home.htm .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Towns, that is, localities legally es-tablished as urban.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The District (administrative level 1) population growth rate between 1995 and 2001 was applied to the 2001 Municipality (administrative level 2) population data.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
In January 1999, Bulgaria changed its number of districts from 9 to 21 districts. By comparing pre-1999 and post-1999 districts maps, it is assumed that the municiplaity of Topolovgrad (2001 pop of 15179) now in the district of Haskovo was part of the district of Bourgas in 1995.