AREA ................................................
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110.910
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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7.517.973 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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67,8 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Sofia
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8%
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Lev (BGL)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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8078 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,572 (52th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Black Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Musala 2925 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.bg
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+359
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