Country Information:

Territory: 110 912,6 km2
Population: 7,537,929 (July 2003 est.)
Capital: Sofia
Official language: Bulgarian
Political system: Parliamentary Republic
Head of State: Georgi Parvanov
Prime Minister: Simeon Saxe–Coburg Gotha

Administrative regions: Sofia – city, Sofia district, Burgas, Varna, Plovdiv, Rousse, Haskovo, Lovetch, Montana, Sliven, Yambol, Dobrich, Silistra, Shumen, Gabrovo, Pleven, Vidin, Vratza, Veliko Tarnovo, Pazardjik, Smolyan, Razgrad, Targovishte, Blagoevgrad, Pernik, Kardjali, Stara Zagora.

Official holidays:
January 1st – New Years’s Holiday;
March 3d – National Holiday;
Easter, and the first Monday after Easter;
May 1st – Labour Day;
May 6th – Gergyovden, and the Bulgarian Military Army’s Day;
May 24th – Cyril and Methodius Day;
September 6th – Unification Day;
September 22d – Independence Day;
November 1st - National Day of the Bulgarian Revival Leaders;
December 24, 25, 26 – Christmas Days;
National currency: Lev
Measures and scales: the metric system
Time zone: GMT +2
Demographic data (July 2003):
Population 7,537,929
Women 3,902,074
Men 3,635,855
Population in towns 5,500,695
Population growth (%) -1.09
Employed (December, 2003) 3 237,1 thousand