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| Tsardom of Bulgaria Царство България (Bulgarian) Timeline: Alexander the Liberator
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| Anthem: "Maritsa Rushes" Шуми Марица Shumi Maritsa (transliteration) Royal anthem: "Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar" Химн на Негово Величество Царя Himn na Negovo Velichestvo Tsarya (transliteration) |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Sofia | |||||
| Other cities | Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora | |||||
| Official languages | Bulgarian | |||||
| Official script | Cyrillic | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2011) | 84.8% Bulgarians 8.8% Greeks 4.9% Roma 1.5% others |
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| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Church | |||||
| Demonym | Bulgarian | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Monarch | Simeon II | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Boyko Borisov | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | First Bulgarian Empire | 681–1018 | ||||
| - | Second Bulgarian Empire | 1185–1396 | ||||
| - | Principality of Bulgaria | 3 March 1878 | ||||
| - | Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire | 5 October 1908 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 110,993.6 km2 42,854.9 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 0.3 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 31 December 2016 estimate | 7,101,859 | ||||
| - | Density | 64.9/km2 168.1/sq mi |
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| Currency | Lev (BGN) |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .bg | |||||
| Calling code | +359 | |||||
Bulgaria (Bulgarian: България, tr. Bǎlgariya), officially the Tsardom of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Царство България, tr. Tsarstvo Bǎlgariya, pronounced [rɛˈpublikɐ bɐɫˈɡarijɐ]), is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Yugoslavia to the west, Greece and Northwest Greece to the south, and the Black Sea to the east.
Organised prehistoric cultures began developing on current Bulgarian lands during the Neolithic period. Its ancient history saw the presence of the Thracians, Greeks, Persians, Celts, Romans, Goths, Alans and Huns. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian state dates back to the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 AD, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavs during the Middle Ages. With the downfall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1396, its territories came under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 led to the formation of the Third Bulgarian State.
Bulgaria's population of 7.2 million people is predominantly urbanised and mainly concentrated in the administrative centres of its 28 provinces. Most commercial and cultural activities are centred on the capital and largest city, Sofia. The strongest sectors of the economy are heavy industry, power engineering and agriculture, all of which rely on local natural resources.