About Bulgaria |
Bulgaria is a beautiful country, with majestic mountains, sandy beaches, picturesque villages, good food, and hospitable people.
Location
Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe, in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. The country is bordered by Romania to the north, by Serbia and Macedonia to the west, and by Turkey and Greece to the south. The Black Sea is its natural boundary to the east.
Area: 111 001.9 m2
Population: 7.33 million
Capital: Sofia
Official language: Bulgarian
Alphabet: Cyrillic
Currency: The monetary unit is the Bulgarian Lev (BGN), which is pegged to the Euro: EUR 1 = BGN 1.95583
Time zone: GMT +2:00 hours
Facts About Bulgaria That You didn't Know
- Bulgaria is the only country in Europe that hasn’t changed its name since it was first established. This happened in 681 AD.
- The oldest gold treasure in the world was found in Bulgaria (in 294 graves were found 3000 gold objects dating back more than 6000 years).
- The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the oldest Slavic Orthodox Church.
- The Bulgarian folk song “Izlel e Delyu Haydutin” by the Bulgarian folk music singer Valya Balkanska was sent in deep space on the board of the US Space Probe – Voyager I, as part of a collection of our civilization’s finest cultural artifacts – a message to an alien intelligence.
- Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, the bacterium that is responsible for giving Bulgarian yoghurt its unique flavour and consistency, can be found only in Bulgarian air.
- The roses grown in Bulgaria’s “Rose Valley” produce most (70-85%) of the world’s rose oil – a component in most perfumes.
- John Vincent Atanasoff was a physicist and inventor of Bulgarian descent, best known for inventing the first electronic digital computer.
- Rayna Kasabova was a Bulgarian air force pilot and the first womаn in the world who participated in a military flight.
- With the accession of Bulgaria to the EU on January 1, 2007, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU.
and - Bulgarians shake their heads to mean yes and nod for no.
