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Bulgaria, republic in south-eastern Europe,
was known from 1946 to 1990 as the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
Situated in the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria is bordered on
the north by Romania, on the east by the Black Sea, on the
south by Turkey and Greece, and on the west by Serbia (part
of the federation of Serbia and Montenegro) and the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Official Name - Republic of Bulgaria
Capital - Sofiya 1,114,476 (1992)
Population - 8,384,718 (1995)
Languages - Bulgarian
Religions - Bulgarian Orthodox; Islam; Roman
Catholicism
Currency - Lev
Bulgaria is in the Eastern European Time Zone. Eastern European
Standard Time (EET) is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+2).

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