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 |