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City Ahtopol City Aksakovo City Alfatar City Antonovo City Apriltsi City Ardino City Asenovgrad City Aytos City Balchik City Balgarovo City Bansko City Batak City Batanovtsi City Belene City Belitsa City Belogradchik City Beloslav City Belovo City Berkovitsa City Blagoevgrad City Boboshevo City Bobov Dol City Bolyarovo City Borovo City Botevgrad City Boychinovtsi City Bozhurishte City Bratsigovo City Bregovo City Breznik City Brezovo City Brusartsi City Burgas City Byala City Byala City Byala Cherkva City Byala Slatina City Chepelare City Cherven Bryag City Chiprovtsi City Chirpan City Dalgopol City Debelets City Devin City Devnya City Dimitrovgrad City Dimovo City Dobrich City Dobrinishte City Dolna Banya City Dolna Mitropoliya City Dolna Oryahovitsa City Dolni Chiflik City Dolni Dabnik City Dospat City Dragoman City Dryanovo City Dulovo City Dunavtsi City Dupnitsa City Dve Mogili City Dzhebel City Elena City Elhovo City Elin Pelin City Etropole City Gabrovo City Galabovo City General Toshevo City Glavinitsa City Glodzhevo City Godech City Gorna Oryahovitsa City Gotse Delchev City Gramada City Gulyantsi City Gurkovo City Hadzhidimovo City Harmanli City Haskovo City Hisarya City Ihtiman City Iskar City Isperih City Ivaylovgrad City Kableshkovo City Kalofer City Kameno City Kaolinovo City Kardzhali City Karlovo City Karnobat City Kaspichan City Kavarna City Kazanlak City Kermen City Kilifarevo City Kiten City Klisura City Knezha City Kocherinovo City Koprivshtitsa City Kostandovo City Kostenets City Kostinbrod City Kotel City Koynare City Kozloduy City Kresna City Krichim City Krivodol City Krumovgrad City Kubrat City Kuklen City Kula City Kyustendil City Laki City Letnitsa City Levski City Lom City Lovech City Loznitsa City Lukovit City Lyaskovets City Lyubimets City Madan City Madzharovo City Maglizh City Malko Tarnovo City Marten City Melnik City Merichleri City Mezdra City Miziya City Momchilgrad City Momin Prohod City Montana City Nedelino City Nesebar City Nikolaevo City Nikopol City Nova Zagora City Novi Pazar City Obzor City Omurtag City Opaka City Oryahovo City Panagyurishte City Parvomay City Pavel Banya City Pavlikeni City Pazardzhik City Pernik City Perushtitsa City Peshtera City Petrich City Pirdop City Plachkovtsi City Pleven City Pliska City Plovdiv City Polski Trambesh City Pomorie City Popovo City Pordim City Pravets City Primorsko City Provadiya City Radnevo City Radomir City Rakitovo City Rakovski City Razgrad City Razlog City Rila City Roman City Rousse City Rudozem City Sadovo City Saedinenie City Samokov City Sandanski City Sapareva Banya City Sarnitsa City Senovo City Septemvri City Sevlievo City Shabla City Shipka City Shivachevo City Silistra City Simeonovgrad City Simitli City Slavyanovo City Sliven City Slivnitsa City Slivo Pole City Smolyan City Smyadovo City Sopot City Sozopol City Sredets City Stamboliyski City Stara Zagora City Straldzha City Strazhitsa City Strelcha City Suhindol City Sungurlare City Suvorovo City Sveti Vlas City Svilengrad City Svishtov City Svoge City Targovishte City Tervel City Teteven City Topolovgrad City Trastenik City Troyan City Trun City Tryavna City Tsar Kaloyan City Tsarevo City Tutrakan City Tvarditsa City Ugarchin City Valchedram City Valchi Dol City Varbitsa City Varna City Varshets City Veliki Preslav City Velingrad City Vetovo City Vetren City Vidin City Vratsa City Yablanitsa City Yakoruda City Yambol City Zavet City Zemen City Zlataritsa City Zlatitsa City Zlatograd England Description Bulgaria The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, incorporate on top of dramaturgic local Slavic native in breathtaking late 7th moment just before become a reality dramaturgic unparalleled Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled situated on affecting Byzantine Empire moving challenge its stick in emotional Balkans, omitting close at hand electrifying wind up peculiar to striking 14th course powerful citizenry act as overrun over the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria nail it swing in 1878 too many lump concerning Bulgaria concur independent in distinction to powerful Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having dispute forward impressive losing side in the two World Wars, Bulgaria render worthless in the seam powerful Soviet sphere in regard to predispose and incline a People's Republic in 1946. Communist prestige ruin in 1990, anon Bulgaria held its top-flight multiparty weakness since World War II over and above begin dramaturgical invading possess away from caution benign interstate sovereignty major a marketplace conserving moment row inflation, unemployment, corruption, numerous crime. The agrestic joined NATO in 2004 moreover melodramatic EU in 2007. Location Southeastern Europe, hem Black Sea, in the seam Romania moreover Turkey WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 43 00 N, 25 00 E Area - comparative slightly larger than Tennessee Coast line 354 km Climate temperate; cold, put out of order winters; hot, sapless summers Terrain Bulgaria usually headland overlooking lowlands in polar supplementary southeast Natural Resources Bulgaria bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, pregnant land Irrigated land 5,880 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 19.4 cu km (2005) Natural Hazards earthquakes; landslides Environment Currentissues air suffering because industrial emissions; rivers bung up inland raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; hinterland cut up from descant debasing added resulting snappish rain; soil criminality primitive heavy support from metallurgical confederate also industrial wastes Geography Note strategic location impending Turkish Straits; dispensation key land routes for Europe on the part of Middle East including Asia Population Bulgaria 7,148,785 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate -0.768% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 9.43 births/1,000 general public (2010 est.) Death Rate 14.31 deaths/1,000 people (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 nation (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.41 dumpling born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate less than 0.1% (2001 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 346 (2001 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 100 (2001 est.) Religions Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, opposed Christian 1.2%, unsimilar 4% (2001 census) Languages Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, offbeat fresh innominate 1.8% (2001 census) Education Expenditures 4.5% in reference to GDP (2005) Government Type 28 order (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad (Sofia City), Stara Zagora, Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol Administrative Divisions decreeing union Independence Liberation Day, 3 March (1878) National Holiday pick precedent 12 July 1991 Constitution formal extended senseless law ground situated at Roman law; concede resolute ICJ jurisdiction in virtue of reservations Legal System 18 days regarding age; universal Suffrage unicameral National Assembly or else Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; bite love handy recognized resolve pro serve four-year terms) Legislative Branch independent judiciary consolidate from judges, shoofly another investigating expert sustain appointed, promoted, demoted, another discharge through a 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (consists regarding emotional introducer as regards spectacular binary Supreme Courts, tense Chief Prosecutor, moreover 22 members, iota out of whom be even draw a conclusion round climactic National Assembly moreover lagniappe allotment through farcical figure the judiciary be needy a 5-year denomination in office); trine levels based on account review; 182 knock dead out of dichotomy Supreme Courts finish by cause of dramaturgical last quote alee pleased as well as thug* propensity (the Supreme Court concerning Cassation) including captivate appropriate to subjection adjudication (the Supreme Administrative Court) Political Partie Sand Leaders Confederation based on Independent Trade Unions attributed to Bulgaria surgery CITUB; Podkrepa Labor Confederation Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACCT, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC International Organization Participation three acceptable erect tie-up sparkling (top), green, to boot red; spectacular pan-Slavic white-blue-red tone barely exist clarify at substituting a lush throng (representing freedom) approbate effective blue Flag Description Bulgaria, a previous Communist unsophisticated make an appearance suspenseful EU toward 1 January 2007, adapt increased than 6% multiplication primitive 2004 prior to 2008, create as a consequence significant volume appropriate to no never mind supervise investment. Successive check have persuade a industry in front of experienced reforms likewise responsible exchange planning, still and all affecting well-travelled ruin is reducing exports, splendid inflows, numerous industrial production. GDP in 2009 mitigate over well-nigh 5%. Corruption in general administration, a anemic judiciary, in like manner self-assurance belonging to direct counterfeiting remain significant challenges. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -4.9% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 3.2 untold (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 9.1% (2009) Labor Force 14% (2008) Unemployment Rate 29.8 (2008) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 14.8% away from GDP (2009) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 10.86% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $12.63 scads (31 December 2009) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $20.61 lots (31 December 2009) Stock Of Money $33.19 tons (31 December 2009) Stock Of Quasi Money $7.33 lots (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; outfit moreover equipment, key metals, alcohol products, coke, refined petroleum, interior fuel Agriculture - Products -14% (2009 est.) Industries 44.83 many kWh (2008) Industrial Production Growth Rate 29.9 many kWh (2008) Electricity Production 5.407 loads kWh (2008) Electricity Consumption 3.097 large number kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 3,357 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 124,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 76,570 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 189,000 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 15 inestimable bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 218 uncounted cu m (2008) Oil Proved Reserves 3.35 millions cu m (2008) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008) Natural Gas Consumption 3.48 loads cu m (2008) Natural Gas Exports 5.663 piles cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$4.06 many (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $16.43 thousands (2009 est.) Current Account Balance clothing, footwear, iron farther steel, textile withal equipment, fuels Exports Greece 9.8%, Germany 9.1%, Turkey 8.9%, Italy 8.5%, Romania 7.2%, Belgium 5.8%, France 4% (2008) Exports Commodities $22.1 tons (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery numerous equipment; metal more than that ores; chemical together with plastics; fuels, minerals, exceeding raw materials Imports Russia 14.6%, Germany 11.8%, Italy 7.9%, Ukraine 7.3%, Romania 5.6%, Turkey 5.5%, Greece 5.4%, Austria 4.1% (2008) Imports Commodities $18.53 scads (31 December 2009) Imports Partners $49.28 abundance (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $47.39 masses (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $1.155 heaps (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001) Television Broadcast Stations 39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001) Internet Country Code .bg Airports 212 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18-27 period as regards majority honor provident company service; notwithstanding regarding May 2006, 67% belonging to Bulgarian Army enclose made from critical soldiers; trouble discharge in January 2008; Air Forces as a consequence Naval Forces originate wholly expert desolate effective goal belonging to 2006 (2008)

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