Offical Name: Republic of Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia
Geography:
Bulgaria borders Greece, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, and Romania. The land area is 42,855 square miles. The balkan mountians run laterally through a dense network of 540 river. The biggest is the Iskar and is 229 miles long.
Population: 1,305,000 (estimate 2012)
Offical Language(s): Bulgarian
Currency: Bulgarian Lev



Flag: Bulgaria's flag is a tricolor flag with three horizontal stripes of white green and red. The flag was first adopted after the Russo-Turkisk war (1887-1878) when Bulgaria first gained indenpence.