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Region Silistra - short description:
Area size - 2 876 km2 Population 2004 - 132 700Major City - Silistra, population 38 900
General Information - Silistra is a lovely, tranquil and picturesque city on the bank terraces where the river leaves Bulgarian territory. The hills afford a lovely view of the city, the river with the islands, the Romanian bank across and the vast Wallachian plain beyond. This small area is a horn of plenty. It is Bulgaria's biggest apricot orchard. The warm current along the river creates a microclimate owing to which cherries ripen earlier than in Plovdiv or Petrich, a town in the south Industries of interest - Food industry, Machine building and metal processing, Textile Industry, Chemical,Wood Processing and Ceramic Industry, Electronics
