MONTANA DISTRICT

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MONTANA DISTRICT

• Territory - 3635 sq. ??
• Population 170 217
• Municipalities 11
• Administrative centre
• Montana (49 300 people.)
• Moderate climate
• Various relief

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EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CORRIDORS

• Eurocorridor ?4, road ? -79 Vidin - Sofia
  Kulata
• Eurocorridor ?7, the Danube river and the port
  of Lom

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ADVANTAGES OF MONTANA DISTRICT

• A very good access to the territory of the
  district via road and railroad transport network,
  port on the Danube river available
• Developed technical infrastructure
• Developed machine building, processing and
  chemical industries
• Qualified labor force
• Currently active small and medium-sized
  enterprises
• Good potential for the development of spa,
  rural and eco tourism
• Clean environment

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ECONOMY OF MONTANA DISTRICT

• leading Industrial sectors with highly developed
  branches
• Metal processing, machines production, and
  chemical industry
• Production of food and beverage
• Production of textile and clothes

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LEADING FIRMS

• Metallurgy and metal production, machines
  processing and chemical industry
• Monbat JSC, Montana
• Berg Montana Fittings Ltd., Montana
• Balkan JSC and Mir JSC , Montana
• Cross Ltd., Montana
• Ava sport, Montana
• Primex engineering and ZAI JSC Ltd.,
  Berkovitsa

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LEADING FIRMS

• Food, beverage and clothes
• Ecotera, Berkovitsa
• Elsner product Varshets
• Agrofoka, Berkovitsa
• Polomie Winery, Lom
• Montana Winery
• Mai, Montana
• Almina, Lom

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ECONOMY OF MONTANA DISTRICT

• AGRICULTURE
• Crop-breeding
• Fruits and Vegetables
• Strawberry cultures
• Cattle-breeding birds, small and big cattle

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ECONOMY OF MONTANA DISTRICT TOURISM

• Recreation and spa tourism in the regions of
  Varshets and Berkovitsa

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ECONOMY OF MONTANA DISTRICT

TOURISM Mountaineering in Berkovitsa town
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TOURISM

• Eco-tourism in Chiprovtsi town,
• Georgi Damianovo village and Berkovitsa town
• Rural tourism

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LABOR FORCE

• QUALIFIED
• LABOR FORCE IN MONTANA DISTRICT
• 9,4 - university accomplished with master
  degree
• 36,6 - high-school degree
• 45,8 - primary school degree

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WHAT DO WE EXPECT

• INVESTMENTS AND CO-OPERATION FOR
• Building new enterprises and industrial parks
• Co-operation in terms of industrial production
• Co-operation in the development of tourism

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MONTANA DISTRICT PROJECTS

• Industrial park, Montana
• Cargo-terminal, Gabrovnitsa village
• Establishment of a unified North-Western market
  for the producers of fruits, vegetables and fish
  
• Establishment of a mountain sport base Kom in
  the town of Berkovitsa
• Tunnel under the Petrokhan pass, part of
  secondary road II-81 from Lom to Sofia

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WE LOOK FORWARD MEETING YOU IN MONTANA DISTRICT!