GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.

Regional cities: big enough to matter locally, small enough that most players outside the country have never heard of them. This is where guessing shifts from "I recognize the name" to "I recognize the region".

In Bulgaria this set is spread across 19 different provinces, with Stara Zagora home to the most of them (2).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

21

Smallest population

34,793

Largest population

121,582

Median population

59,166

Two you might get asked about

Targovishte
34,793 inhabitants, Targovishte
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Stara Zagora
121,582 inhabitants, Stara Zagora
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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All 21 cities in Bulgaria

Sorted by population, biggest first.

Place	Population	province
Stara Zagora	121,582	Stara Zagora
Ruse	121,168	Ruse
Pleven	90,209	Pleven
Sliven	83,740	Sliven
Pernik	82,467	Pernik
Shumen	72,342	Shumen
Dobrich	69,434	Dobrich
Blagoevgrad	67,810	Blagoevgrad
Haskovo	64,564	Haskovo
Yambol	63,656	Yambol
Veliko Tŭrnovo	59,166	Veliko Tarnovo
Pazardzhik	55,220	Pazardzhik
Vratsa	49,569	Vratsa
Gabrovo	48,133	Gabrovo
Kazanlak	47,918	Stara Zagora
Montana	47,445	Montana
Kyustendil	46,856	Kyustendil
Kardzhali	44,071	Kardzhali
Dimitrovgrad	38,015	Haskovo
Vidin	34,797	Vidin
Targovishte	34,793	Targovishte

Tips for this category

Cluster them mentally by province or state first, then narrow down inside that cluster.
Distance to the nearest big city is a useful anchor if you know the bigger dots already.

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