Capital:Sofia
Population:7,450,349
Area:110,910 sq km
Climate:temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Languages:Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8%
Currency:lev (BGL)
Government:parliamentary democracy
Religions:Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007