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Geography
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the
Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Geographic coordinates: 43 00 N, 25 00 E
Area:
Total: 110,910 sq km
Water: 360 sq km
Land: 110,550 sq km
Border countries:
Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia
and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km
Coastline: 354 km
Climate:
Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry
summers
Terrain:
Mostly mountains with lowlands in the
Northern and Southeastern parts of the
country
Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
Highest point: Mussala 2,925 m
Natural resources:
Bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber,
arable land
Population:
7,322,858 (July 2007 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.837% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:
9.62 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:
14.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007
est.)
Nationality:
Noun: Bulgarian(s)
Ethnic groups:
Bulgarian 83.6%, Turk 9.5%, Roma 4.6%, other
2.3% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar,
Circassian) (1998)
Religions:
Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Muslim 12.1%,
Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%,
Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other
2.3% (1998)
Languages:
Bulgarian
Government
Republic of Bulgaria
Government type: parliamentary
democracy
Capital: Sofia
Administrative divisions:
28 provinces (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, Stara
Zagora, Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo,
Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol
Independence : 3 March 1878 (from
Ottoman Empire)
National holiday : Liberation Day, 3
March (1878)
Constitution : adopted 12 July 199
Legal system : Civil law and criminal
law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage : 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch :
chief of state: President Georgi PARVANOV
(since 22 January 2002);
Vice President Angel MARIN (since 22 January
2002)
head of government
: Prime Minister Sergei STANISHEV (since 16
August 2005);
Deputy Prime Ministers Ivaylo KALFIN, Daniel
VULCHEV, and Emel ETEM (since 16 August
2005)
cabinet:
Council of Ministers nominated by the prime
minister and elected by the National
Assembly
elections:
President and vice president elected on the
same ticket by popular vote for a five-year
term (eligible for a second term); election
last held 22 and 29 October 2006 (next to be
held in 2011); chairman of the Council of
Ministers (prime minister) nominated by the
president and elected by the National
Assembly; deputy prime ministers nominated
by the prime minister and elected by the
National Assembly
election results: Georgi PURVANOV reelected
president; percent of vote - Georgi PURVANOV
77.3%, Volen SIDEROV 22.7%; Sergei STANISHEV
elected prime minister, result of
legislative vote - 168 to 67
Legislative branch :
Unicameral National Assembly or Narodno
Sobranie (240 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve four-year term)
Judicial branch:
Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court
of Cassation;
Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed
or elected for nine-year terms);
Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the
chairmen of the two Supreme Courts,
the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members;
responsible for appointing the justices,
prosecutors, and investigating magistrates
in the justice system; members of the
Supreme Judicial Council elected for
five-year terms, 11 elected by the National
Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)
Political parties and leaders :
ATAKA (Attack Coalition) (coalition of
parties headed by the Attack National
Union); Attack National Union [Volen SIDEROV];
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-People's
Union or BANU [Anastasia MOZER];
Bulgarian People's Union or BPU (coalition
of UFD, IMRO, and BANU);
Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Sergei
STANISHEV];
Coalition for Bulgaria or CfB (coalition of
parties dominated by BSP) [Sergei STANISHEV];
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Ivan
KOSTOV];
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary
Organization or IMRO [Krasimir KARAKACHANOV];
Movement for Rights and Freedoms or MRF
[Ahmed DOGAN];
National Movement for Simeon II or NMS2
[Simeon SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA];
New Time [Emil KOSHLUKOV];
Union of Democratic Forces or UDF [Petar
STOYANOV];
Union of Free Democrats or UFD [Stefan
SOFIYANSKI];
United Democratic Forces or UtDF (a
coalition of center-right parties dominated
by UDF)
Economy
Bulgaria, a former communist country
striving to enter the European Union, has
experienced macroeconomic stability and
strong growth since a major economic
downturn in 1996 led to the fall of the then
socialist government. As a result, the
government became committed to economic
reform and responsible fiscal planning. A
$300 million stand-by agreement negotiated
with the IMF at the end of 2001 has
supported government efforts to overcome
high rates of poverty and unemployment.
GDP: purchasing power parity – $49.23
billion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: $ 6.1% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity
$10,700 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 31.5%
services: 60% (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.3% (2006 est.)
Labor force:
3.416 million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 33.6%
services: 57.9% (2nd qtr. 2006 est.)
Unemployment rate : 9.6% (2006 est.)
Budget
revenues: $12.86 billion
expenditures: $11.73 billion (2006 est.)
Currency : Lev (BGL)
Exchange rates:
leva per US dollar –
1.5576 (2006),
1.5741 (2005),
1.5751 (2004)
Fiscal year -calendar year
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