Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Population: 7,322,858 (July 2007 est.)
Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
Languages: Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
National holiday: Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)
Currency (code): lev (BGL)
Exchange rates: leva per US dollar - 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004), 1.7327 (2003)
