Information about Bulgaria
| Република България Republika Bulgariya [1] Republic of Bulgaria | ||||||
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| Motto Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian) "Suedinenieto pravi silata" (transliteration) "Union makes strength"1 | ||||||
| Anthem Мила Родино (Bulgarian) Mila Rodino (transliteration) Dear Motherland | ||||||
| Location of Bulgaria (orange) – on the European continent (camel & white) | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) | Sofia | |||||
| Official languages | Bulgarian | |||||
| Demonym | Bulgarian | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary democracy | |||||
| - | President | Georgi Parvanov | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Sergey Stanishev | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Founded | 681 | ||||
| - | Last previously independent state2 | 1396 | ||||
| - | Independence from Ottoman Empire | 1878 | ||||
| - | Unification with Rumelia | 1885 | ||||
| - | Recognized | 1908 | ||||
| Accession to the European Union | January 1, 2007 | |||||
| - | Water (%) | 0.3 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2007 estimate | 7,322,858 (93rd) | ||||
| - | 2005 census | 7,718,750 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2007 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $87.156 billion (63th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $10,843 (65th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2007 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $26.719 billion (75th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,800 (80th) | ||||
| Gini? (2003) | 29.2 (low) | |||||
| HDI (2004) | ||||||
| Currency | Lev3 (BGN) | |||||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .bg4 | |||||
| Calling code | +359 | |||||
| 1 | Bulgaria’s National Flag. Bulgarian Government (03 October 2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-01. | |||||
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References1. ^ This article uses the official Bulgarian transliteration system to romanize Bulgarian Cyrillic. For details, see Romanization of Bulgarian.
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Official status
Official language of: Bulgaria
European Union
Regulated by: Institute of Bulgarian at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Институт за
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Official status
Official language of: Bulgaria
European Union
Regulated by: Institute of Bulgarian at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Институт за
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- For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".
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Mila Rodino ("Мила Родино", translated as "Dear Motherland" or "Dear native land") is the current national anthem of Bulgaria.
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Population
- 7,718,750 ( 2005 )
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 14.1% (male 539,005/female 512,762)
- 15-64 years: 68.7% (male 2,516,368/female 2,599,524)
- 65 years and over: 17.
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Sofia Софи?
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Position of Sofia in Bulgaria
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Country Bulgaria
Province Sofia-City
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Flag
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Position of Sofia in Bulgaria
Coordinates:
Country Bulgaria
Province Sofia-City
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Official status
Official language of: Bulgaria
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Official status
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over 8 million1 (2007)
Regions with significant populations Bulgaria: 6,655,2102 (2001)
Turkey: 300,0004
Ukraine: 204,0002 (2002)
Spain: 119,799 (2007)3
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Regions with significant populations Bulgaria: 6,655,2102 (2001)
Turkey: 300,0004
Ukraine: 204,0002 (2002)
Spain: 119,799 (2007)3
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red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state.
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Bulgaria
This article is part of the series:
Politics of Bulgaria
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This article is part of the series:
Politics of Bulgaria
- President
- Georgi Parvanov (BSP)
- Prime Minister
- Sergey Stanishev (BSP)
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Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (Bulgarian: Георги Седефчов Първанов
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Bulgaria
This article is part of the series:
Politics of Bulgaria
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This article is part of the series:
Politics of Bulgaria
- President
- Georgi Parvanov (BSP)
- Prime Minister
- Sergey Stanishev (BSP)
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Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev (Bulgarian: Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев, born May 5, 1966), Bulgarian politician, is Prime Minister of
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