Bulgaria March 17, 2020 Balkan peninsula , Balkans , Black Sea , Bulgaria , Burgas , Danube , Europe , European Union , fleuve Danube , NATO , OSCE , Pirin , Plovdiv , Rhodopes , Rila , Sofia , Stolitsa , Thrace , Union for the Mediterranean , Varna , България , София Official name Republic of Bulgaria Name in local language Република България (bg) ; Republika Bǎlgarija (bg) Continent Europe Subcontinent European Union Population (ranking: 108e ) 7,050,034 inhabitants (2018) Population growth -0.74 % / year Area 110,912 km² Density 63.56 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 76e )65.133 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 9,273 $USD (2018) GDP growth 3.10 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.90 years (2018) Birth rate 9.10 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 1.54 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 15.10 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 6.50 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 98.00 % (2015) Official languages Bulgarian Currency Lev (BGN) HDI (ranking: 75e )0.816 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )67.85 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic Head of State President Rumen Radev National Day 22 September (independence of 1908) ISO Codes BG, BGR Demonym Bulgarian Tourists (ranking ) 8,883,000 people (2017)
Bulgaria is a country in South-Eastern Europe located in the Balkan Peninsula. It covers part of the territory of ancient Thrace. It is bordered by the Black Sea to the east. It shares borders with Greece and Turkey to the south, Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west. Its capital and largest urban area is Sofia.
Karandila, Sliven, Bulgaria. Photo: Evgeni Dinev Sofia, capital of the Bulgaria. Photo: Tsvetan Bondzhov Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo: Al Di The 7 lakes of the Rila, Bulgaria Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Sofia 1,681,592 inhabitants Plovdiv 592,262 inhabitants Varna 401,232 inhabitants Burgas 259,539 inhabitants Ruse 180,442 inhabitants Stara Zagora 158,262 inhabitants Pleven 151,694 inhabitants Veliko Tarnovo 142,723 inhabitants Pazardzhik 133,619 inhabitants Sliven 120,635 inhabitants Dobrich 106,284 inhabitants Shumen 89,092 inhabitants Haskovo 88,471 inhabitants Blagoevgrad 75,862 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Oblasti (districts) Population Area Blagoevgrad 310,321 inhabitants 6,478 km² Burgas 412,684 inhabitants 7,618 km² Dobrich 178,438 inhabitants 4,700 km² Gabrovo 112,334 inhabitants 2,053 km² Haskovo 233,415 inhabitants 4,033 km² Kardzhali 150,837 inhabitants 4,032 km² Kyustendil 123,431 inhabitants 3,027 km² Lovech 129,222 inhabitants 4,134 km² Montana 134,669 inhabitants 3,595 km² Pazardzhik 260,814 inhabitants 4,393 km² Pernik 123,770 inhabitants 2,377 km² Pleven 248,138 inhabitants 4,216 km² Plovdiv 671,573 inhabitants 5,588 km² Razgrad 115,402 inhabitants 2,648 km² Ruse 223,489 inhabitants 2,616 km² Shumen 174,476 inhabitants 3,365 km² Silistra 111,957 inhabitants 2,862 km² Sliven 189,788 inhabitants 3,646 km² Smolyan 109,425 inhabitants 3,532 km² Sofia 234,185 inhabitants 7,277 km² Sofia-city 1,323,637 inhabitants 1,119 km² Stara Zagora 321,377 inhabitants 4,959 km² Targovishte 113,694 inhabitants 2,735 km² Varna 472,654 inhabitants 3,847 km² Veliko Tarnovo 242,259 inhabitants 4,684 km²
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