Largest Cities

City

Population

Estimated

Sofia

1,092,600

2002

Plovdiv

339,500

2002

Varna

313,400

2002

Key Data

Region:

Eastern Europe

Population:

7,946,000 September 2002

Area Total:

110,910 km²

Area Land:

110,550 km²

Coast Line:

354 km km

Capital:

Sofia

Climate:

Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers.

Languages:

Bulgarian, various others

Currency:

1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki

Holiday:

Independence Day, 3 March (1878)

Average Daily Temperature

Capital:

Sofia

January:

-1.1°C / 30°F

July:

20.1°C / 68.2°F

Annual Rainfall:

574.9mm / 22.6''

Boundaries

Romania:

608km

Greece:

494km

Serbia & Montenegro:

318km

Turkey:

240km

Macedonia:

148km