Ethnic minorities
| Name: | Bulgaria (Republic of Bulgaria) |
| Local name (Bulgarian): | България (Република България) |
| Bordering countries: | Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 110.9 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 7 538 ths. |
| Capital: | Sophia (София) |
| Official language: | Bulgarian |