Location The republic of Bulgaria is situated in the south-east part of Europe and more precisely in the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula. On the north it has a common boundary with Romania and on the west with Yugoslavia.

 

On the south-west it is conterminous with Macedonia while on the south-east it is contiguous to Turkey. On the east the country is bounded by the Black Sea. The total length of the Bulgarian border-line is 2245 km, 1181 of which are land frontier, 686 km river and 378 km sea-frontage.

Territory 111 000 square kilometers
Population 8 000 000 (according to the census taken in 2000)
Settlements 5406
Capital city Sofia, with 1 188 000 inhabitants
Larger cities Varna (450 000 inhabitants), Plovdiv (350 00 inhabitants), Bourgas (250 000 inhabitants), Stara Zagora (130 000 inhabitants), Rousse (120 000 inhabitants), Pleven (120 000 inhabitants)
Highway network 36 720 km
Railway system 4 300 km

Airports Sofia, Varna, Bourgas
 Harbours on the Black Sea - Varna, Bourgas, Balchick, Nessebur;
on the Danube - Vidin, Lom, Oriakhovo, Nickopol, Svishtov, Rousse, Toutrackan, Sillistra
 Monetary unit: LEV (BGL)  (1 BGL = 0.5 EURO), with bank-notes (bills) of
1, 2, 5, 10, 20 50 and 100 leva.
Official language Bulgarian - the oldest written Slavonic language
 Religion Orthodox Christianity, Islam
Relief The lowlands occupy 31%, the plains and the hilly terrains 41%, and the mountains 28% of the country’s territory.

Water resources
On the east Bulgaria borders on the Black Sea. The common length of the sea-frontage from the north (Romania) to the south (Turkey) is 378 km.
The rivers in Bulgaria flow into the Black and the Aegean Seas.

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