Bulgaria

Republic of Bulgaria Република България  (Bulgarian) Republika Balgariya
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Unity makes strength Съединението прави силата  (Bulgarian) Saedinenieto pravi silata (transliteration)
Anthem:  "Dear Motherland" "Мила Родино"  (Bulgarian) "Mila Rodino" (transliteration)
Location of  Bulgaria  (green) – on the European continent  (light-green & grey) – in the European Union  (light-green)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Sofia 42°41′N 23°19′E / 42.683°N 23.317°E / 42.683; 23.317
Official languages	Bulgarian
Official script	Cyrillic
Ethnic groups (2011)	84.8% Bulgarians 8.8% Turks 4.9% Roma 0.1% Russians 0.1% Armenians 0.5% others 1.2% indeterminate
Demonym(s)	Bulgarian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Rumen Radev
• Vice President	Iliana Iotova
• Prime Minister	Dimitar Glavchev
Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment history
• 1st Bulgarian Empire	681–1018
• 2nd Bulgarian Empire	1185–1396
• Principality of Bulgaria	3 March 1878
• Declaration of Independence	5 October 1908
Area
• Total	110,993.6[1] km2 (42,854.9 sq mi) (103rd)
• Water (%)	2.16[2]
Population
• June 2021 estimate	6,875,040[3] (106th)
• Density	63/km2 (163.2/sq mi) (120th)
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	$174.998 billion[4] (73rd)
• Per capita	$25,471[4] (55th)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$77.782 billion[4] (68th)
• Per capita	$11,321[4] (61st)
Gini (2020)	40[5] medium
HDI (2019)	0.816[6] very high · 56th
Currency	Lev (BGN)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+359
ISO 3166 code	BG
Internet TLD	.bg .бг

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Bulgaria (officially called the Republic of Bulgaria) is a country in south-eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bulgaria is the south of the River Danube and west of the Black Sea. To the south of Bulgaria is North Macedonia, Greece, European continental Turkey. To the north of the Danube is Romania, while to the west of Bulgaria is Serbia and its capital Beograd.

The capital and the biggest city is Sofia. Name of Sofia comes out of Greek language and means wisety or wiseness. Their money is called levs or in BNB naming, the lev or the Bulgarian lev. The Bulgarian government elected, and Bulgaria is a member of the European Union in Europe since 2007, and had political relations with Nato during the 90s during the postmodern movement, and in 2020s had become a member of NATO.^[7]

Bulgarians presidents up untill now are Jelio Jelev, Petar Stoyanov, Geroge Parvanov, Rosen Plevneliev.

During the 20th century the country was democratic communist country, of German type, similar to Eastern Germany, during the separation of Germany.

General pilot Rumen Radev became President in 2017.^[8] The population of Bulgaria is about 6.5 million people as of 2024.

Bulgaria has its own language, called Bulgarian. It is a type of Slavic language. It is related to languages like Serbian and Russian. Bulgaria borders Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, and the Black Sea. One of the national heroes of Bulgaria is Vasil Levski who led the fight for independence in the late 1800s.

1. ↑ Penin, Rumen (2007). Природна география на България [Natural Geography of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). Bulvest 2000. p. 18. ISBN 978-954-18-0546-6.
2. ↑ "Field listing: Area". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
3. ↑ "Population and Demographic Processes in 2019 | National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2021". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
5. ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income – EU-SILC survey". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
6. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
7. ↑ [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bulgaria-says-it-decides-its-defence-with-nato-allies-2022-01-21/ Prime Minister Cyril Petkov}, Reuters
8. ↑ "Rumen Radev". President of the Republic of Bulgaria. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.