Postcodes / Zipcodes map data
for Bulgaria

Postcodes, or zipcodes, are an important tool for geographic planning in Bulgaria. Originally developed to streamline postal delivery, postcodes are now commonly referred to as “the new geography”. They have evolved to become an integral part of the business planning process.

Postcodes / Zipcodes map data for Bulgaria

Postcodes are a simple but convenient way to locate customers, assets, competitors – in fact, anything with an address. Enriching your address data with coordinates is a process known as geocoding and is the first step in adding location intelligence to your data assets located in Bulgaria.

Postcode centroids (centre points) are suitable for coarse-level searches and geocoding, while postcode regions (polygons) can be highly effective for visualisation purposes.

We provide 2-digit Postcodes map data for Bulgaria, as both centroids and regions, with seamless transitions across borders with neighbouring countries. The data is available in all common GIS data formats.

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Bulgaria – 2-digit Postcodes

89

Number of 2-digit Postcodes

78000

Avg Population for 2-digit Postcodes

Country Summary

The Republic of Bulgaria is situated in south-eastern Europe and borders Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. Its capital is Sofia.
After conflicts and alliances over the last few centuries, culminating in the 1989 revolution, the ruling Communist State finally ceded power, and in 1991 Bulgaria adopted a democratic constitution.
It is a unitary parliamentary republic democracy, comprising 28 provinces, with much government centralisation. As a developing country, it does have high Human Development Index, but one of the lowest per capita GDPs in Europe. The population is steadily falling, and the country has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, but highest death rates. Corruption is a major socioeconomic issue.
Most of the population is urbanised, and agriculture has given way to the service sector and industry, as the economic drivers. Among the major industries are mineral and metal extraction, machine building and food processing. Bulgaria is one of Europe’s largest producers of coal, with mining comprising a significant part of the economy.
Culturally, Bulgaria saw the development of Cyrillic script and retains a strong heritage in folk music and religious visual art. It has a lively media scene, especially television.
On the world stage, it is a member of United Nations, NATO and the European Union.

The power of postcodes

Postcodes, or zipcodes if you prefer, are a powerful tool for geographic visualisation and analysis in Bulgaria. While primarily designed to help deliver the mail, their standardised nature makes them useful for locating assets. Given a reference data set of postcodes with coordinates, it is possible to take a database of addresses (say, customers) and use the postcode as a common link or join. This allows the address database to be enriched by coordinates – a process known as geocoding. While these coordinates are only approximate (the centroid or centre point of each postcode), they allow the addresses to now be placed on a map where geographic patterns, such as clusters, may be revealed.

Postcode regions are polygon shapes which capture all addresses with a same postcode. They are often irregular shapes and sometimes feature holes and enclaves. Despite this, it is possible to use GIS or mapping software to assign colour to these regions to form a thematic map, also known as a choropleth map. While some care is usually required to ensure that the visualisation is statistically valid, thematic maps are visually powerful and a great way to communicate a variable across a geographic area.

We provide 2-digit Postcodes map data for Bulgaria, as both centroids and regions data. Compatible postcodes / zipcodes data is also available for other countries, with seamless transitions across borders.

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