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| FACT SHEET |
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| Location: |
South Europe, the Eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. |
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| Neighbours: |
To the north - Roumania, to the east - Black Sea , to the south - Turkey and Greece, to the west - Serbia and Montenegro and Republic of Macedonia. |
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| Area: |
110 910 km2 |
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| Population: |
7,518 mln people (2004) |
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| Capital: |
Sofia |
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| Official language: |
Bulgarian |
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| Religion: |
Christian Orthodox (85 %), Muslim (12 %) and others. |
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| National Holiday: |
March 3rd |
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| Currency: |
lev (1 ĆURO = 1,95 levs) |
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| Administrative regions: |
28 |
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| State system: |
Parliamentary Republic. Head of state. President, elected by direct vote for 5-year term. Legislative body. National Assembly (one-chamber parliament) of 240 national representatives with 4-year term. Government. Council of Ministers, elected by the National Assembly. |
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| Membership in international organisations: |
Bulgaria is a member of UN (December 14 1955), NATO (March 29 2004) and 53 other international organisations, associated member of the EU (February 1 1995); Bulgaria completed accession negotiations with the EU in 2004. |
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