Overview of Bulgaria
- Country: Bulgaria
- Area: 110,910 km²
- Capital: Sofia
- Population: 8 million inhabitants
- Language: Bulgarian
- Religion: majority belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Christian Church
- Government system: parliamentary republic
- Main cities: Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Burgas, Bransko, Borovets, Pamporovo, Koprivshtitza, Russe, Stara Zagora
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Useful information about Bulgaria
- Currency: Bulgarian lev (1 euro = 1.96 lev)
- International dialing code: +359
- International vehicle code: BG
- Driving side: right
- Entry documents: ID card or Passport
- Required vaccination: tick-borne encephalitis (especially for those planning to stay in mountainous areas). It is advisable to drink bottled mineral water
- Electric current: 220V, 50Hz.
- Measurement system: metric decimal
- Time zone: +1 hour from Italy
- Fixed-date holidays: January 1: New Year’s Day; January 2: National Liberation Day; March 3: Cyrillic Alphabet Day; May 1: Labor Day; May 6: Armed Forces Day; August 15: Assumption of Mary; September 6: Unification Day; September 22: Independence Day; November 1: All Saints’ Day; December 8: Immaculate Conception; December 25: Christmas; December 26: St. Stephen’s Day
- Climate: The climate is predominantly continental in the northern part of the Balkan Mountains with harsh winters and hot, generally dry summers, while in Thrace and both northern and southern parts of the Balkans it tends to be Mediterranean
- Average temperatures: the national annual average is 10.5°C. In winter temperatures are often below zero, and in summer around 30°
- Transport: National airline Air Bulgaria; Alitalia and many others. There are private long-distance bus companies (Eurolines and Fiorentina Bus) connecting major Italian cities with Bulgarian ones
- Airports: Sofia, Burgas, Varna
