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Geographic situation: South-Eastern Europe

East - Black Sea ; South - Turkey ; West - Macedonia and Serbia

North- Romania and Danube River

• Surface: 110 994 km2

• Capital: Sofia - 1.2 million

• Population: 7 385 367   (2006)

• Language: Bulgarian - Cyrillic alphabet

• Climate: continental-Mediterranean, 4 seasons, average year temperature 10.5 C

• Time zone: GMT + 2

For a small country,  Bulgaria contains an exceptional variety of wildlife and vegetation (more than 3,000 plant plant and 13,500 animal species) due to its beneficial geographic location, varying climate, the Black Sea with its large beaches, a myriad lf mountains, valleys, and high plateau. Forests occupy 35 % of the country.

Natural caves: Magurata - 2,500 m of underground galleries with archeological findings dating from the Bronze Age, (Snow White) - with 800,000 delicate stalactites and stalagmites, Ledenika - and large halls where concerts take place in a magical surrounding. To see other caves

National Parks

Bulgaria maintains 12 national parks, the majority of which are open to visitors, except for the ones kept as natural reserves. The latter require a previously issued permit.

Sreburna lake spread over 600 ha is a biosphere-reserve with more than 100 migrating bird species, such as Dalmatian-pelican, cormorant, ibis, swan, and others.

Main cities:

Sofia   - 1.3 millions

Plovdiv - 350,000

Varna - 299,000

Burgas - 230,000  

- Balkan (Stara Planina) Mountains crosses the country from the West border to the golden beaches of the Black Sea - Mt Botev