The Bulgaria profile
- Country: Bulgaria
- Area: 110,910 km²
- Capital: Sofia
- Population: 8 million inhabitants
- Language: Bulgarian
- Religion: majority belongs to the Bulgarian Orthodox Christian church
- System of government: parliamentary republic
- Major 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 prefix: +359
- International license plate: BG
- Driving side: right
- Entry documents: Identity Card or Passport
- Required vaccination: tick-borne encephalitis (especially for those intending to stay in mountainous areas). It is advisable to drink bottled mineral water
- Electric current: 220V, 50Hz.
- Unit of measurement: 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 mainly continental in the northern part of the Balkan range with cold winters and hot, generally dry summers, while in Thrace, both the northern and southern Balkan parts approach a Mediterranean climate
- Average temperatures: the annual average in the country is 10.5°C. In winter the temperature is often below zero, in summer around 30°
- Transportation: National airline Air Bulgaria; Alitalia and many others. There are private long-distance bus companies (Eurolines and Fiorentina Bus) linking major Italian cities with Bulgarian ones
- Airports: Sofia, Burgas, Varna
