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Bulgaria - GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Population
| Main Cities |
Population |
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Sofia
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1,116,000
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Plovdiv
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346,000
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Varne
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304,000
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Burgas
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199,000
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Guile
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168,000
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Stara Zagora
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151,000
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Total population (millions): |
7.8
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| Source: World Bank 2004 |
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| Urban population: |
70%
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| Source: World Bank 2004 |
| Average annual population growth: |
-0.6%
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| Source: World Bank 2004 |
| Surface area (km²) : |
110,910
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Population origin
| Origin of the population | % Of the population | | Bulgarian | 79,1 | | Turkish | 11,9 | | Gipsy | 5,9 | | Slavo-Macedonian | 2,6 | | Armenian | 0,4 | | Russian | 0,1 |
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Local time
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GMT+2 in winter, GMT+3 in summer
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Languages
Official language: Bulgarian
Business languages: Russian, English, German and French, Turkish is also used for business in the South.
Free translation tools
in Bulgaria
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SA Dictionary
Free dictionary English-Bulgarian
Ectaco
Free English-Bulgarian-English dictionary
Systran
Free English-Russian-English translator of texts and web pages
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Religion
Religious practises :
Orthodox 83.5%
Moslems 13%
Roman Catholics 1.5%
Protestants, Gregorians-Armenians and others 1%
Jews 0.8%
Other Catholics 0.2 %.
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Political system
Bulgaria is a parliamentary Republic. The Parliament is composed of the legislative Assembly, the members of which are elected every 4 years. Georgi Parvanov was elected president of the Republic on November 18, 2001 for five years. Prime Minister is Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski.
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| Number of visitors
in Bulgaria
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2002
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2003
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2004
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World rank |
| Number of visitors (1000) |
3433
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4048
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4630
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n.a.
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| Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005 |
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Tourist sites
Sea resorts:
-Albena, The Golden Sands, Droujba, the coast of the sun, the South coast.
The mountain resorts:
-Pamporovo, Borovetz, Vitocha, Bansko
Other sites:
- Rila's monastery,
- The valley of the roses,
- Kazanlak's grave,
There are also many other sites,monasteries and typical cities.
For more information about tourism
in Bulgaria
, check out the following web site(s) :
Bulgarian Tourism Board
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Food
Traditional dishes
The Bulgarian food is very similar to the Turkish and to the Greek one. The same specialities are often found but only cooked in a different way.
The mushrooms soup
The Shopska Salad: typical Bulgarian salad prepared with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, olives and feta cheese .
Banitsa: hot fritters with various Bulgarian cheeses (Feta, Kashkaval) or spinach.
Moussaka
Gyuveche: the gyuveche is a terracotta dish in which are blended numerous ingredients such as vegetables, meat or poultry with a tomato sauce, the whole thing being cooked in the oven.
Ayryan: yoghurt-based drink.
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