The North-Central Planning Region is situated in the central part of Northern Bulgaria. It borders the Danube to the north, which marks the Bulgarian border with Romania, the Iskar River to the west, the river of Rusenski Lom to the east and the Balkan Mountains to the south. It borders with all planning regions of the country: the Northeastern to the west, the Southwestern, the South-Central and the Southeastern to the south, and to the east with the Northerneastern Planning Region. The region North-Central consists of 5 districts: Veliko Turnovo, Gabrovo, Lovech, Pleven, Rousse. The location of the North- Central Planning Region favours the development of transport due to the opportunity to combine all types of transport - waterway, railway, road and air as well as to the fact that important Pan-European corridors cross the region.