Bulgaria

Guide to BULGARIA

BULGARIA which official name is Republic of Bulgaria or Bulgaria, is a country from Europe located at the Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey. BULGARIA with 1,808 km sq km, limits with: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km; and is divided in 28 provinces . BULGARIA's capital is Sofia which is the most populated city with about 1,062,065 inhabitants.

History of BULGARIA

BULGARIA's government is parliamentary democracy; a Republic with a Ceremonial government type, with President Georgi Parvanov as head of state and Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev as head of government.

Other symbols of BULGARIA are Bulgarian motto " Bulgarian, Strength through Unity Bulgarian anthem "Mila Rodino (Dear native land) Bulgarian flag.Bulgarian flag is composed by three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red; note - the national emblem, formerly on the hoist side of the white stripe, has been removed .

BULGARIA's history is quite long: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.

BULGARIAs geography

Guide to travel to BULGARIA

If you are thinking on traveling to BULGARIA, you will have to take in consideration some points like BULGARIA's currency, BULGARIA's weather, BULGARIA's national holiday and BULGARIA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. BULGARIA`s currency is called new lev ( Lv), which is divided in 100 stotinki. For your consideration, new lev's exchange rate is about St. Nicholas Cathedral, Vienna per dolar.1.2414657529.

BULGARIA's weather is characterized to be temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to BULGARIA.

You can also consider to visit BULGARIA on it's national holiday to get in BULGARIA's culture. If you do so, BULGARIA's national holiday is called Liberation Day, 3 March.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of BULGARIA: Musala 2,925 m. And try also to get to BULGARIA's lowest point: Black Sea 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit BULGARIA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to BULGARIA, with more than 217 airports and 3 airlines, you will get to BULGARIA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. BULGARIA has about4,294 of railways, and also470 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Bulgarian Culture

BULGARIA is known by Bulgarians as Republika Balgariya or Balgariya in the shortened way. Bulgarian, about 7,322,858 people, are composed by different ethnics: Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census). And they also have different languages: Bulgarian.

Another relevant point nowadays it's BULGARIA's religion. Bulgarians are divided in Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census). So you can visit any of it's16 like 0.

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