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Name
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Република България
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Capital
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Sofia
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Time
(Winter/Summer)
|
EET (UTC+2)/
EEST (UTC+3)
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Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
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110,910/
110,550/
360
|
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Languages
|
Bulgarian 84.5%;
Turkish 9.6%;
Roma 4.1%;
other 1.8%
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Major cities
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Sofia 1,246,791;
Plovdiv 376,918;
Varna 345,522;
Burgas 259,985;
Rousse 176,118;
Stara Zagora 163,193
|
|
Population
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7,322,858
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Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
|
9.62/
14.28
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Dialing Code
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+359
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Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
|
2.483 million/
6.245 million
|
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Domain extension
|
.bg
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Internet
(hosts/users)
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184,975/
2.2 million
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Currency
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Lev (BGL)
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GDP
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$28.06 billion
|
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Unemployment
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9.6%
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Inflation
|
6.5%
|
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