Bulgaria

Dunabe

Iskar

Stara Planina

Bulgaria lies in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. It borders five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly along the River Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Rila and its 7 lakes Turkey to the south. The Black SeaPeaks defines the Pirin extent of the country to the east.

Important rivers: Danube, Iskar, Maritsa, Osam Rodope

Important lakes: seven lakes of Rila

Important mountain: Balkan or Stara Planina, Rila, Pirin, Rhodope Mountains Rodope mountains important sea: The Black sea

The Black Sea

Khan Asparuh, migrated with some of the Bulgar tribes to the lower courses of the rivers Danube, Dniester and Dniepr and conquered Moesia and Scythia Minor from the Byzantine Empire, expanding his new khanate further into the Balkan Peninsula. A peace treaty with Byzantium in 681 and the establishment of the Bulgar capital of Pliska south of the Danube mark the beginning of the First Bulgarian Empire. Turkish slavery A revolt is started during the Ottoman wars of imperial Russia and Austria and the Russian- Turkish war, after 5 centuries of Turkish slavery. In 1870 Ilarion Makariopolski announced the separation of the Bulgarian Church of Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Bulgarian Exarchate. On March 3, 1878, after the RussianTurkish Liberation War, the Bulgarian state (conditions) was restored by signing the Peace Treaty of San Stefano

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Population: 2009 estimate 7,606,551 2001 census 7,932,984

LANGUAGE: The Bulgarian language is the earliest documented written Slavic language. Its historical development is characterized by four main periods - dopismen (9 century), Old Church Slavonic (9-11 century) mid. Bulgarian (11-14 century) and new Bulgarian (15 th century onwards). Modern Bulgarian language was added to the Southern Slavonic languages and is one of 23 official languages in the European Union. RELIGION: The majority of the inhabitants of Bulgaria are Christians. Most of them (82.6%) are eastern orthodox, other 1.7% are Catholics, and 1.6% are Protestants. 12.2% acknowledge Islam.

Republic of Bulgaria With the acceptance of resignation of Todor Zhivkov, during 1989, the beginning of Bulgaria's transition from socialism to a market economy was started. Bulgaria is a member of the UN since December 14, 1955, NATO - April 2, 2004 and a member of the EU from January 1, 2007. CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS

Under the Constitution of 1991, Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic. National symbols of Bulgaria are the flag, anthem, and emblem of the Republic Guard.

National Assembly building in Sofia

SPORTS Thanks to sports, the Bulgarian anthem can be heard and the flag is raised at the Olympic and world games.

Maria Grozdeva sport shooter Kaloyan Mahlyanov (Kotoōshū Katsunori) Sumo

Stefka Kostadinova seven world records in high jump

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ANIMALS OF BULGARIA

Brown Bear

Grey Wolf

Peregrine Falcon

ANIMALS OF BULGARIA

Western Capercaillie

Chamois

Wild Boar

ANIMALS OF BULGARIA Black Stork

Golden Eagle

Honey Buzzard

ANIMALS OF BULGARIA

Lesser Kestrel Black Woodpecker

Ruddy Shelduck

Tourism

Pirin is the second-highest mountain after Rila.

Varvara beach near Burgas

World HeritageBoyana Church

Madara Rider

Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

The Ancient City of Nessebar

Rila Monastery

Pirin National Park

Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari

Srebarna Nature Reserve

Belogradchik Rocks, near Vidin in north west Bulgaria has gone through to the second phase of the competition for the most incredible natural wonders of the world.

They reach up to 200 m in height and form a strip, which is 30 km long and up to 3 km wide.

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