| Bulgaria |
| full name: |
Republic of Bulgaria |
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| capital city: |
Sofia |
| population: |
7,186,893 (July 2015 est.) |
| official language: |
Bulgarian |
| business language: |
Russian, English, German, French and Turkish |
| major religion: |
Christianity, Islam |
| intl.dialling code: |
+359 |
| internet suffix: |
.bg |
| time zone: |
UTC/GMT + 1 hour |
| currency: |
1 lev = 100 stotinki |
| GDP - real growth rate: |
1.7% (2014 est.) |
| GDP - per capita: |
$17,900 (2014 est.) |
| main export: |
Chemicals and plastics, food and drink, tobacco, machine-building equipment |
| government: |
Parliamentary democracy |
| head of state: |
President Rosen PLEVNELIEV |
| prime minister: |
Boyko BORISOV |
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