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Relief:
Extremely varied: large plains and lowlands, low and high mountains, valleys and lovely gorges.

Climate:
Temperate continental with clearly marked four seasons. A Mediterranean influence is felt in the country's southern regions. The average annual temperature is 10.5°C. The average January temperature is around O°C. Average summer temperatures rarely exceed 30°C.

Population:
7,973,673

Language:
Bulgarian.
English, German, French and Russian is spoken in the country's resorts, hotels and restaurants.

Alphabet:
Cyrillic. Signs along international motorways, in airports and resorts are also spelled in Roman letters.

Religion:
86.6% of the population are Orthodox Christians, 13% are Muslims. The Bulgarian Church is autonomous and headed by a Patriarch.

State government:
Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic with democratic government.

Official holidays:
January 1 - New Year
March 3 - Bulgaria's Liberation from Ottoman rule - the National Day
Easter - one week after the Catholic Easter
May 1 - Labour Day
May 6 - Bulgarian Army Day
May 24 - Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and the Slav Script
September 6 - Bulgaria's Unification
September 22 - Independance Day
December 25-26 - Christmas

Capital:
Sofia (pop. 1,141,000)

Large Cities:
Plovdiv, Varna, Veliko Turnovo