10 Facts About Burgas

1.

LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas is the largest oil refinery in southeastern Europe and the largest industrial enterprise.

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The Port of Burgas is the largest port in Bulgaria, and Burgas Airport is the second most important in the country.

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Burgas is the centre of the Bulgarian fishing and fish processing industry.

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Burgas is situated at the westernmost point of the bay by the same name and in the eastern part of the Burgas Plain, in the east of the Upper Thracian Plain.

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5.

Burgas has a humid subtropical climate but with continental influences.

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6.

Burgas Wetlands are highly recognized for their significance to biodiversity and as a resource pool for products used by people.

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7.

Lake Burgas is Bulgaria's largest lake and is in the middle of the city.

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8.

Burgas was at this time the major centre on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

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9.

In 1895 Georgi Ivanov opened the first Printing house in Burgas, followed by the house of Christo Velchev in 1897, which changed in 1900 his name in Velchevi Brothers Printing house.

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10.

The ships of the company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s.

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