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bulgaria_flag.jpgAbout Bulgaria
Area: 110,993.6 sq km
Population: 7,973, 673 (2001)
Main cities: Sofia (capital), Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas
Official language: Bulgarian
Alphabet: Cyrillic
Religion: There is freedom of religious confessions. Traditional religion in the Republic of Bulgaria is Eastern Orthodox Christianity
National holiday: March 3, the day of the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman domination (1878)
Monetary unit: the Bulgarian Lev,  1 BGN = 1.95583 EUR
Administrative division: 28 regions, named after their respective regional centres.


Relief: most diverse. Average height above sea level:  470 m. Some 31.5% of the country’s territory is plain (up to 200 m above sea level), 41% are lowlands and hilly regions (from 200 to 600 m above sea level), and 27.5% are mountains (from 600 to more than 1,600 m above sea level).


Climate: moderate continental with Black Sea influence in the east and Mediterranean  in the south.
Waters: rivers (main rivers are Danube, Maritsa, Mesta, Strouma, Iskar, Yantra); warm and cold mineral springs (more than 600); lakes, coastal (some with curative mineral mud) and of glacial origin (in the Rila and Pirin mountains).


Plant and animal world: extremely diverse. An Act on the Protected Territories is operating in Bulgaria, aimed at the preservation of the country’s flora and fauna. It has specified the following categories in the country: a national and nature park, a reserve and a tended reserve, a natural sight, a protected locality.


Transport: railway, automobile, air and water.
International automobile sign: BG
International telephone code: +359


Economy: In 1997 a currency board was introduced. The national monetary unit has been referred to the EURO. A structural reform is underway aimed at an economic growth, a functioning market economy and at paving the way for foreign investments in the country.


State system: a parliamentary republic with a one-chamber parliament (National Assembly), consisting of 240 national representatives, elected for a four-year term of service. The head of state of the republic is the President, elected for a five-year term of service. The Council of Ministers is the main body of executive power. A member of the European Union (EU) since 2007.