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Country Profile
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Geography
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Climate
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Government Type
Parliamentary Democracy
Capital
Sofia
People
Population
7,322,858 (July 2007 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth
total population: 72.57 years
male: 68.95 years
female: 76.4 years (2007 est.)Ethnic Groups
Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census)
Religions
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
Languages
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Currency
The official Bulgarian currency is the lev (BGL).
Communications
There is telephone, cellular phone, radio, television, and wide internet access.
Transportation
Bulgaria has 4,294 km of railways, 44,033 km of roadways (of which 43,593 km are paved and this includes 333 km of expressways), 217 airports (132 with paved runways), and 4 heliports.