Country Chooser Country InformationBulgaria Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, F,
Note:*Outlets are reported as type
TV Systems:
System:SECAM D / SECAM K
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Area:
total: 110,910 sq km
land: 110,550 sq km
water: 360 sq km
Climate:
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain:
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast
Economy
GDP: $71.54 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 5.5% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $9,600 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 5% (2005 est.)
Currency: lev (BGL)
Exchange rates:
leva per US dollar - 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004), 1.7327 (2003), 2.077 (2002), 2.1847 (2001)
People
Population: 7,385,367 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: -0.86% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
Languages:
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Government
Capital:
name: Sofia
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence:
3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
Note: Information on Bulgaria was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Bulgaria, please visit one of the links below.
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