🇧🇬 Cities in Bulgaria — API & JSON data

Bulgaria has 5,500 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Sofia in Sofia City, at 1,205,548 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 33 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Bulgaria cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Sofia	Sofia City	1,205,548
Plovdiv	Plovdiv	329,489
Varna	Varna	318,737
Burgas	Burgas	189,014
Stara Zagora	Stara Zagora	121,249
Ruse	Ruse	121,168
Pleven	Pleven	88,565
Sliven	Sliven	78,232
Dobrich	Dobrich	69,434
Shumen	Shumen	66,641

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=bg&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "f126ded9-eb26-442f-a7b7-d249ded7fe01",
    "name": "Sofia",
    "population": 1205548,
    "countryName": "Bulgaria",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇬",
    "regionName": "Sofia City"
  },
  {
    "id": "89865810-0edc-4a83-b117-1a5f7107dc97",
    "name": "Plovdiv",
    "population": 329489,
    "countryName": "Bulgaria",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇬",
    "regionName": "Plovdiv"
  },
  {
    "id": "47be1a73-01af-46af-87f9-2d3de99d2e68",
    "name": "Varna",
    "population": 318737,
    "countryName": "Bulgaria",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇬",
    "regionName": "Varna"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=bg&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=bg&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Bulgaria are available in 33 languages.

en: Sofia
zh: 索菲亞
ar: صوفيا

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Bulgaria cities as JSON (705 KB, no API key) from the Bulgaria cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Bulgaria does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 5,500 cities in Bulgaria across 30 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Bulgaria city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Bulgaria are available in 33 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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