Bulgarian Info

Area: 110,993.6 sq km

Population: 7,973, 673 (2001)

Capital city: Sofia

Official language: Bulgarian

Alphabet: Cyrillic

Religion: There is freedom of religious confessions. Traditional religion in the Republic of Bulgaria is Eastern Orthodox Christianity

National holiday: March 3, the day of the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman domination (1878)

Monetary unit: the Bulgarian Lev

Administrative division: 28 regions, named after their respective regional centres.

Climate: moderate continental with Black Sea influence in the east and Mediterranean � in the south.

Transport: railway, automobile, air and water.

International automobile sign: BG

International telephone code: +359

The national flag of the Republic of Bulgaria is in three colours: white, green and red bands, following horizontally from top to bottom.