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| Tsardom of Bulgaria Bulgarian Cyrillic: Царство България Timeline: Joan of What?Bulgarian Transliteration: Tsarstvo Bŭlgariya Greek Alphabet: Βασίλειο της Βουλγαρίας Greek Transliteration: Vasíleio tis Voulgarías | ||||||
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| Motto: Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian) Sŭedinenieto pravi silata Η ενότητα κάνει δύναμη (Greek) I enótita kánei dýnami ("Unity makes strength") |
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| Anthem: "Maritsa Rushes" Шуми Марица (Bulgarian) Shumi Maritsa Μαρίτσα Ράχες (Greek) Marítsa Ráches Royal anthem: "God, Save the Tsar!" Боже, спаси царя! (Bulgarian) Bozhe, spasi tsarya! Θεέ, σώσει τον Τσάρο! (Greek) Theé, sósei ton Tsáro! |
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 Bulgaria (green) on a map of the world
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| Capital (and largest city) | Sofia | |||||
| Other cities | Plovdiv, Yambol, Pleven, Dobrich, Komotini | |||||
| Official languages | Bulgarian and Greek | |||||
| Official script | Cyrillic script and Greek alphabet | |||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity | |||||
| Demonym | Bulgarian | |||||
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Monarch | Simeon II | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Boyko Borisov | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | First Bulgarian Empire | c. 681–1018 | ||||
| - | Second Bulgarian Empire | c. 1185–1396 | ||||
| - | Principality of Bulgaria | 3 March 1878 | ||||
| - | Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire | 5 October 1908 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 31 December 2017 estimate | 7,202,198 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $152.374 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $21,578 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $55.954 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $7,924 | ||||
| Gini (2017) | 40.2 | |||||
| Currency | Lev (BGN) |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EET (UTC+3) | ||||
| Date formats | dd/mm/yyyy | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .bg | |||||
| Calling code | +359 | |||||
| Patron saint | John of Rila | |||||
Bulgaria, officially the Tsardom of Bulgaria, is a country in southeastern Europe, located on the Balkan Peninsula.