General Information

Territory 110 993,6 sq.km
Population 7,606,551 as of 2008
Capital Sofia
Official language Bulgarian
Political system Parliamentary Republic

Official BG Holidays   
January 1 – New Year
March 3 – National Holiday
May 1 – Labor Day
May 6 – Gergyovden (St. George's Day)
May 24 – Cyril and Methodius Day  (Bulgarian Literacy Day )
September 6 – Unification Day
September 22 – Independence Day
November 1 – The Bulgarian Revival Leaders
December 25/26 – Christmas

National currency Lev [BGN]
Fixed Currency Exchange Rate at: 1 EUR = 1.955830 BGN
See Notes and Coins @ www.bnb.bg

Measures and scales  The metric system
Time zone GMT +2

Location

Region: 
Eastern Europe, 
Balkan Peninsula 

Neighboring countries
Romania - north 
Serbia - west
Makedonia - west
Greece - south 
Turkey - south

 

Brief historical data

681 Bulgarian State was found by Khan Asparuh 
681-1018 First Bulgarian Kingdom
1186-1396 Second Bulgarian Kingdom
1396-1878 Turkish Rule / resistance movements of Bulgarians
18 c.-1878 Revival period / Restoration of the Bulgarian State
1878-1946 Third Bulgarian Kingdom
1946-1989 Peoples' Republic of Bulgaria
1989 Republic of Bulgaria
 

National Symbols

State Coat of Arms                                                
  
                                       National Flag