Border between Bulgaria and Romania

Location of Bulgaria (green) and Romania (orange) in Europe

Bulgaria Political Map

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The border between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania is a 605 km long land and water border in Europe .

course

The course of the border was last changed by the Treaty of Craiova in 1940. The most important border river is the Danube , which delimits Romania to the south against Bulgaria (608 km ≙ 75% of the border between Bulgaria and Romania) and to the southwest against Serbia.

Neighbors

Administrative entities at the state border are from west to east:

• Bulgaria ( districts )
  • Vidin
  • Wraza
  • Pleven
  • Veliko Tarnovo
  • Russian
  • Silistra
  • Dobrich
• Romania ( Județe )
  • Mehedinți
  • Dolj
  • Olt
  • Teleorman
  • Giurgiu
  • Călărași
  • Constanța

Other international political borders

• Bulgaria
  • Border between Bulgaria and Greece
  • Border between Bulgaria and Macedonia
  • Border between Bulgaria and Serbia

• Romania (3,069 km)
  • Border between Romania and Moldova
  • Border between Romania and Serbia
  • Border between Romania and Ukraine
  • Border between Romania and Hungary

Border crossings

GÜG Giurgiu

Important border crossings are

• RO: Bechet ↔ BG: Orjachowo ( ⊙ )
• RO: Călărași ↔ BG: Silistra ( ⊙ )
• RO: Corabia ↔ BG: Dolna Mitropolija ( ⊙ )
• Giurgiu-Russe Friendship Bridge ; RO: Giurgiu ↔ BG: Russian ; River kilometers 488.70 ( ⊙ )
• Danube Bridge 2 ; RO: Calafat ↔ BG: Widin ( ⊙ )
• Durankulak-Vama Veche border crossing ; BG: Durankulak ↔ RO: Vama Veche ( ⊙ )
• RO: Oltenița ↔ BG: Tutrakan ( ⊙ )
• RO: Turnu Măgurele ↔ BG: Nikopol ( ⊙ )
• RO: Zimnicea ↔ BG: Swishtow ( ⊙ )

There are also national borders for incoming and outgoing international flights

• in Bulgaria
  • Sofia Airport ( Bulgarian Летище София)
  • Varna Airport (bulg. Летище Варна, Letishte Varna)
• in Romania
  • Bacau Airport (Aeroportul Internațional "George Enescu" Bacau)
  • Bucharest Băneasa Airport (Aeroportul Internațional Bucureşti Băneasa - Aurel Vlaicu)
  • Airport Constanța Mihail Kogălniceanu (Aeroportul Interna „ional "Mihail Kogălniceanu" Constanța)
  • Iași Airport (Aeroportul Internațional Iași)
  • Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport (Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă Bucureşti)
  • Sibiu Airport (Aeroportul International Sibiu)

Web links

Commons : International borders of Bulgaria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : International borders of Romania  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bu.html
2. ↑ Information on Romania from The World Factbook, accessed on January 21, 2017 (multilingual)

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