Bulgaria

Bulgaria is a country in Eastern Europe region having Capital - Sofia, Population in 2003 -7,897,000, Population density - 71 per sq km, Surface area - 110,912 sq km and Currency - lev.

Bulgaria, with Eastern Roumelia, constituted a Balkan principality larger than Ireland, with hills and fertile plains in the North, mountains and forests in the South. Turkey is the southern boundary, Servia the western, the Danube the northern, while the Black Sea washes the eastern shores. The climate is mild, the people industrious. The chief export is cereals. Manufactures of woollens, attar of roses, wine and tobacco, are staple industries. The chief import is live stock.

Sofia, the capital, is the seat of a university. Varna, on the Black Sea, is the principal port.

History

Bulgaria was cut out of Turkey and made independent in 1878, and Eastern Roumelia incorporated with it in 1885.

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