| Location: | Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey |
| Bordering countries: | |
| Area: |
total: 110,910 sq km
land: 110,550 sq km
water: 360 sq km
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| The Capital Sofia: | time difference: GMT+2 (1 hours ahead of Central Europe Standard Time) |
| Flights: | Direct scheduled flights operate to Sofia all year round. British airways and Bulgarian air fly to Sofia from Heathrow and Gatwick, respectively. Direct charter flights to Varna or Burgas on the Black sea coast generally run from April to October. |
| Major airports: | Sofia, Varna, Burgas |
| Daylight saving time: | +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Climate: | temperate; snowly winters; hot, dry summers; |
| Terrain: | big seacoast with sandy beaches, tarrific mountain resorts |
| Currensy: | Lev €1 = 1.95 Leva |
| Population: | 7,385,367 (July 2006 est.) |
| Growth rate: | 0.86% (2006 est.) |
| Religions: | (2006 census)
Chirtians 82.6%,
Muslim 12.2%, Catholics 1.2%, Other 4% |
| Dialling code: | 00 359 |
| Independence: | 1300 years ex-empire with latest legitimately independence from Third of March 1878 |