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| Largest Cities |
| City |
Population |
Estimated |
| Sofia |
1,116,454 |
1995 |
| Plovdiv |
346,300 |
1995 |
| Varna |
304,499 |
1995 |
Key Data |
| Region: |
Eastern Europe |
| Population: |
8,194,772 July 1999 |
| Area Total: |
110,910 km2 |
| Area Land: |
110,550 km2 |
| Coast Line: |
354 km km |
| Capital: |
Sofia |
| Climate: |
Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers. |
| Languages: |
Bulgarian, various others |
| Currency: |
1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day, 3 March (1878) |
Average Daily Temperature |
| Capital: |
Sofia |
| January: |
-2.2°C / 28°F |
| July: |
20.6°C / 69°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
645.16mm / 25.4'' |
Boundaries |
|
Romania: |
608km |
|
Greece: |
494km |
| Yugoslavia: |
318km |
|
Turkey: |
240km |
|
Macedonia: |
148km |
Ethnic Divisions |
| Bulgarian |
83% |
| Turk |
9% |
| Other |
6% |
| Roma |
3% |
Religions |
| Bulgarian Orthodox |
84% |
| Muslim |
13% |
| Roman Catholic |
2% |
| Jewish |
1% |
| Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other |
1% |
| Uniate Catholic |
n/a |
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