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The town of Burgas is situated on the coast of the Black Sea in
Burgas Bay on a flat country known as Burgas plate. The average
altitude is 17 m. To the north and to the south of Bourgas there
are salt lakes, which are protected areas because of the fact
that they are a part of the Via Pontica route of migrating
birds.
The climate is of the moderate continental type with a definite
influence of the sea. Summer is pleasantly fresh because of the
constant movements of the air. The average day temperature of
the air during the summer is 26.4° C, and the temperature of the
sea water 24.8° C. The winter is mild with no snow. The
average day temperature of the air during the winter is 4.6° C,
and that of the sea water 7.4° C. Because of the influence of
the sea the autumn is long and warmer than it is in the country,
and the spring is comparatively cold and usually comes one month
later than normal.
At the beginning
of the 21st century Burgas is a municipal and regional center as
well as the fourth biggest town in Bulgaria with a population of
about 226 000 inhabitants. According to the economic indicators
the Municipality of Burgas is second among the other Bulgarian
municipalities. Burgas is an important industrial, commercial,
transport and tourist center. Nowadays the city has great
economic potential.
Burgas has the biggest port in the country with the only petrol
terminal south to the Balkan mountain. The railway and road
networks are well developed. The airport has the best
atmospheric conditions on the Balkan peninsula and is the only
airport to accept supersonic airplanes. Since 1989 Burgas has
been known as a Duty Free Zone.
Thanks to the sea, the industrial activities (chemistry,
machine-building, transport) and the small distance between
Burgas and the other big cities in Bulgaria and the capital
(which doesnt make the city of Burgas a satellite city), Burgas
has its own spiritual and cultural atmosphere. It is a big
educational, scientific and arts centre.
Burgas is the center of the tourism industry on the southern
Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It is also a starting point for
visiting the Black Sea summer resorts and vacation villages
around the city Sunny Beach, Elenite, Dunes, the towns
museums Nessebar and Sozopol, the Ropotamo reserve, the
Strandzha nature park.
Burgas and its region are offering a rich variety of
opportunities. To the north of Burgas 120 km away is Varna the
other big sea town in Bulgaria. It takes about two hours by car
or bus to reach Varna. It will take you only half an hour to go
to Sunny Beach one of the most famous summer resorts in
Bulgaria, and to the vacation village Elenite. In the same
direction is the old town of Nessebar a town-museum which has
kept the ruins of the ancient Roman town Messemvria. To the
south of Burgas there are also many summer resorts and vacation
villages Chernomorez, Primorsko, Kiten, Lozenez, Tsarevo,
Ahtopol. In the same direction there is the town-museum Sozopol,
the vacation village Dunes, the International Youth Centre
Primorsko and the Ropotamo reserve. In the most southern part of
the Region of Burgas is the Strandja mountains. It is the
biggest natural park in Bulgaria. It has an extremely rich
natural collection of flora and fauna over 50 % of the flora
in the country. This park is a kind of an ethnographic reserve
on its territory you can find the village Bulgari, in which the
ritual of the fire dancing is reserved.
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