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Bulgaria

BG / BGR   42.8°, 25.5°

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania across the Danube river to the north. It covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), making it the tenth largest within the European Union and the sixteenth-largest country in Europe by area. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities include Plovdiv, Varna, and Burgas.

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People are called
Bulgarian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+359
Capital
Sofia
Population
6,423,207
Area
110,993 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Bulgarian 77.3%, Turkish 7.9%, Romani 3.5%
Sells
refined petroleum, garments, refined copper, wheat
Sells to
Germany 14%, Romania 11%, Italy 8%
Land borders
5: Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+359
Founded
1878
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Bulgarian

These are English demonyms for people from Bulgaria. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Bulgaria yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Bulgarianofficial
77.3%
7.9%
3.5%

Largest cities

Sofia  capital 1,152,556
Plovdiv 329,489
Varna 318,737
Burgas 210,646
Stara Zagora 121,582

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Simeon I
Simeon I Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927.
Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski Revolutionary against Ottoman rule Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria.
Todor Zhivkov
Todor Zhivkov Communist leader, 1954-1989 Todor Hristov Zhivkov was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1956 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, leaders.