About Bulgaria...
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly along the River Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south. The Black Sea defines the extent of the country to the east.
With a territory of 110,994 square kilometers, Bulgaria ranks as the third-largest country in Southeast Europe (after Romania and Greece). Several mountainous areas define the landscape, most notably the Stara Planina (Balkan) and Rodopi mountain ranges, as well as the Rila range, which includes the highest peak in the Balkan region, Musala. In contrast, the Danubian plain in the north and the Upper Thracian Plain in the south represent Bulgaria's lowest and most fertile regions. The 378-kilometer Black Sea coastline covers the entire eastern bound of the country.
Bulgaria has an industrialised, open free-market economy, with a large, moderately advanced private sector and a number of strategic state-owned enterprises. The World Bank classifies it as an "upper-middle-income economy". Bulgaria has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years, even though it continues to rank as the lowest-income member state of the EU. According to Eurostat data, Bulgarian PPS GDP per capita stood at 40 per cent of the EU average in 2008. The United States Central Intelligence Agency estimated Bulgarians' GDP per capita at $12,900 in 2008, or about a third that of Belgium. The economy relies primarily on industry and agriculture, although the services sector increasingly contributes to GDP growth. Bulgaria produces a significant amount of manufactures and raw materials such as iron, copper, gold, bismuth, coal, electronics, refined petroleum fuels, vehicle components, weapons and construction materials.
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| Exports To Bulgaria Facts |
| Location: |
Southeastern Europe |
| Coordinates: |
43 00 N, 25 00 E |
| Int. Dialing Code: |
00 359 |
| Currency: |
leva (BGN) |
| Language: |
Bulgarian |
| Area: |
110,879 sq km |
| Capital City: |
Sofia |
| Population: |
7,204,687 |
| Population Ranking: |
98 |
| Employment: |
90.9% |
| Inflation: |
1.6% (2009) |
| GDP: |
$90.44 billion (2009 est.) |
| GDP Ranking: |
72 |
| GDP Growth: |
-4.9% (2009 est.) |
| Internet Users: |
2.647 million (2008) |
| Television Stations: |
39 (2001) |
| Phone Lines: |
2.258 million (2008) |
| Mobile Phones: |
10.633 million (2008) |
| Major Industry: |
electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel
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