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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Plovdiv
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340,494
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2020
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Sofia
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1,152,556
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2020
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Varna
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312,770
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2020
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| Region: |
Eastern Europe |
| Population: |
6,568,957 |
| Area Total: |
110,910km2 |
| Area Land: |
110,550km2 |
| Coast Line: |
354km |
| Capital: |
Sofia |
| Climate: |
Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers. |
| Languages: |
Bulgarian, various others |
| Currency: |
1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day is 3 March (1878), Education Day/Day of Slavic Script is 24 May |
Average Daily Temperature
|
| January: |
°C / 30.70°F |
| July: |
°C / 67.40°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 24.7" |
Boundaries
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Romania
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608 km
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Greece
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494 km
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Serbia
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318 km
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Turkey
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240 km
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Macedonia
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148 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Bulgarian
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83.00%
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Turk
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9.00%
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Other
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6.00%
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Roma
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3.00%
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Religions
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Bulgarian Orthodox
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84.00%
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Muslim
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13.00%
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Roman Catholic
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2.00%
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Jewish
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1.00%
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Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other
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1.00%
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Uniate Catholic
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0.00%
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CountryWire
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