Municipality Karnobat

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Karnobat municipality is located in the south-eastern part of the Republic of Bulgaria and it is included in the administrative territorial boundaries of Bourgas region (60 km west of Bourgas on the way to Sofia). The Municipality uses an international transport corridor directly. Rishki passage connects the municipality with North Bulgaria. The relief is mainly flat, cut across by the valleys of the Mochouritsa and Roussokastrenska Rivers. A part of Karnobat-Aitos Balkan is located in the northern part of the territory.
Karnobat Municipality has good environmental parameters. The region has a wide variety of game, which is favorable prerequisite for development of hunting tourism. The overall hunting area is 577 sq.km. (managed by the hunting and fishing society of town Karnobat). Fishing is concentrated mainly in the 80 manmade water reservoirs, the vicinity of which is convenient for picnics, hunting and fishing. At a distance of 15 km from Karnobat is the Straldzha swamp. It is the largest inland lake in Bulgaria.

Quick facts about Municipality Karnobat

In Bulgarian (Native transliteraion): Община Карнобат
Region: South-Eastern planing region of Bulgaria
District: Bourgas district
Municipality: Karnobat municipality
Latitude: 42.6500015
Longtitude: 26.9829998
Altitude: 4
Area Size: 806km2
Population: 30971 people (2005)