Severoiztochen Planning Region

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Severoiztochen Planning Region Североизточен район за планиране
Planning region
Country	Bulgaria
Seat	Varna
Area [1]
• Total	14,487.4 km2 (5,593.6 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	933,705
GDP [3]
• Total	€7.103 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	BG33
GDP per capita	€5,800 (2017)[4] 11,800 (PPS, 2017)[5]
HDI (2021)	0.804[6] high · 2nd of 6

Severoiztochen Planning Region (Northeast Planning Region) is a planning region in Bulgaria.The region includes four provinces: Targovishte Province, Varna Province, Shumen Province and Dobrich Province.

Largest cities are Varna (360,000 - city proper; 500,000 - metro area), Dobrich (105,000 - city; 115,000 - agglomeration), Shumen (95,000), Silistra (42,000 -city; 52,000 - agglomeration). The agglomeration of Varna includes the towns of Provadia (14,000), Devnya (10,000), Aksakovo (7600 - fastest growing town in area) and others. The agglomeration of Silistra includes the largest villages in Bulgaria - Aydemir (7800) and Kalipetrovo (4700).

It is bordered on the east by the Black Sea. The Kamchia river flows through the region.