Bulgaria

Republic of Bulgaria

Република България(Bulgarian)
Republika Balgariya (transliteration)


Flag	Coat of arms

Motto: Unity makes strength
Съединението прави силата(Bulgarian)
Saedinenieto pravi silata (transliteration)

Anthem:

"Dear Motherland"
"Мила Родино"(Bulgarian)
"Mila Rodino" (transliteration)

Location of Bulgaria (green)

– in Europe (light-green & grey)
– in the European Union (light-green) — [Legend]

Capital
(and largest city) Sofia
42°41′N23°19′E / 42.683°N 23.317°E / 42.683; 23.317

Official language(s) Bulgarian

Official script

Cyrillic

Ethnic groups (2011)

84.8% Bulgarians

8.8% Turks
4.9% Roma
0.1% Russians
0.1% Armenians
0.5% others
0.8% indefinable^[1]

Government

Unitary parliamentary republic

- President Rosen Plevneliev

- Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

Legislature National Assembly

Independence from the Ottoman Empire

- Principality of Bulgaria 19 February 1878

- Declaration of Independence 22 September 1908

Area

- Total 110,994 km² (105th)
42,823 sq mi

- Water (%) 0.3

Population

- 2011 census 7,364,570 ^[2] (98th)

- Density 66.2/km² (139th)
171/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate

- Total $101.036 billion^[3] (66th)

- Per capita $13,597^[3] (68th)

GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate

- Total $53.514 billion^[3] (72th)

- Per capita $7,202^[3] (74th)

Gini (2007) 28.2^[4] (low)

HDI (2011) 0.771^[5] (high) (55th)

Currency Lev (BGN)

Time zone EET(UTC+2)

- Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Drives on the right

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Contents

Introduction

Geography

Demographics

Government

Economy

Energy

Telecommunications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues

Environment

Health

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