Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region

42°0′N 25°0′E / 42.000°N 25.000°E / 42.000; 25.000

Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region
Южен централен район за планиране
Country Bulgaria
SeatPlovdiv
Area
 • Total22,365.1 km2 (8,635.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • TotalDecrease 1,417,432
GDP
 • Total€9.499 billion (2021)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS codeBG42
GDP per capita
  • €5,600 (2018)[4]
  • Increase 11,100 (PPS, 2018)[5]
HDI (2021)Increase 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.

  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.