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Region: Eastern Europe

Capital: Sofia

Population: 6,568,957

Area Total: 110,910

Area Land: 110,550

Climate: Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers.
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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Plovdiv 340,494 2020
Sofia 1,152,556 2020
Varna 312,770 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Eastern Europe
Population: 6,568,957
Area Total: 110,910km2
Area Land: 110,550km2
Coast Line: 354km
Capital: Sofia
Climate: Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers.
Languages: Bulgarian, various others
Currency: 1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki
Holiday: Independence Day is 3 March (1878), Education Day/Day of Slavic Script is 24 May


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 30.70°F
July: °C / 67.40°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 24.7"


Boundaries
Romania 608 km
Greece 494 km
Serbia 318 km
Turkey 240 km
Macedonia 148 km


Ethnic Divisions
Bulgarian 83.00%
Turk 9.00%
Other 6.00%
Roma 3.00%


Religions
Bulgarian Orthodox 84.00%
Muslim 13.00%
Roman Catholic 2.00%
Jewish 1.00%
Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 1.00%
Uniate Catholic 0.00%

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