Bulgaria
Bulgaria (officially Republic of Bulgaria) is a country in Southeast Europe, with its capital at Sofia, and is home to roughly 6.4M people.
Bulgarian is the official language; the currency in circulation is Bulgarian lev (лв); people from here are called Bulgarian.
- »Bulgaria has never changed its name since it was founded in 681 AD.
- »It produces a large share of the world's rose oil, distilled in the Valley of the Roses.
Bulgaria touches five neighbours: Greece to the southwest, North Macedonia to the southwest, Romania to the north, Serbia to the northwest and Turkey to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Sofia is built over the Roman city of Serdica, whose ruins are exposed in the metro stations. Its motto translates as 'it grows but does not age'.
112,126 km² (43,292 sq mi), 102nd largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Honduras.
Population 6,441,421, 110th of 198 on file. That averages 57 per km² (149 per sq mi).
White for peace, green for the land, red for the blood of those who fought for it, the tricolour adopted after liberation from Ottoman rule in 1878.
Close enough to Russia's flag to cost you a guess.
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