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          AREA ................................................
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          110.910 
                kmq 
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            POPULATION ..................................
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          7.517.973 in. 
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            DENSITY .........................................
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          67,8 in/kmq 
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            CAPITAL ..........................................
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          Sofia 
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            LANGUAGES ....................................
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          Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8%
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            RELIGIONS ......................................
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          Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
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            CURRENCY ......................................
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          Lev (BGL)
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           GDP per CAPITA .............................
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          8078 $ (2004)
          
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           HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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          0,572 (52th place)
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              LOWEST POINT ...............................
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          Black Sea 0 m
         
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            HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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          Musala 2925 m
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             INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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          3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
          
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             INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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          Republic
          
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             WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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            .bg
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                  COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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          +359
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