Burgas Province ( -
Oblast Burgas, former name
Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern
Bulgaria, including southern
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is bounded on the south by
Turkey. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of
Burgas - the fourth biggest town in the country. It is the largest province by area, embracing a territory of 7,748.1 km² that is divided into 13 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 422,319 inhabitants.