Information about Bulgaria

Република България
Republika Bulgariya [1]
Republic of Bulgaria
FlagCoat of arms
Motto
Съединението прави силата  (Bulgarian)
"Suedinenieto pravi silata"  (transliteration)
"Union makes strength"1
Anthem
Мила Родино  (Bulgarian)
Mila Rodino  (transliteration)
Dear Motherland

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Location of Bulgaria
Location of  Bulgaria  (orange)

– on the European continent  (camel & white)
– in the European Union  (camel)                  [Legend]

Capital
(and largest city)
Sofia
Official languagesBulgarian
DemonymBulgarian
GovernmentParliamentary democracy
 - PresidentGeorgi Parvanov
 - Prime MinisterSergey Stanishev
Formation
 - Founded681 
 - Last previously independent state2
1396 
 - Independence from Ottoman Empire
1878 
 - Unification with Rumelia1885 
 - Recognized1908 
Accession to
the
 European Union
January 1, 2007
 - Water (%)0.3
Population
 - 2007 estimate7,322,858 (93rd)
 - 2005 census7,718,750 
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) 0.816 (high) (54th)
CurrencyLev3 (BGN)
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Internet TLD.bg4
Calling code+359
1Bulgaria’s National Flag. Bulgarian Government (03 October 2005). Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
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References

1. ^ 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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Mila Rodino ("Мила Родино", translated as "Dear Motherland" or "Dear native land") is the current national anthem of Bulgaria.
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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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?

Flag
Seal
Position of Sofia in Bulgaria
Coordinates:
Country Bulgaria
Province Sofia-City
Government
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Official status
Official language of:  Bulgaria
 European Union
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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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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


  • 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


  • 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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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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