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Bulgaria Travel Fact Sheet

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Basic Info

Country Name

Official Name: The Republic of Bulgaria

What the People are Called

Bulgarians

Ethnic Groups

  • 84.6% Bulgarians
  • 8.9% Turks
  • 4.8% Roma
  • 1.7% others

U.S. Embassy

16 Kozyak Street Sofia 1408 Bulgaria Tel: (359 2) 937-5100 Fax: (359 (2) 937-5122 Email: iv_sofia@state.gov Internet: http://bulgaria.usembassy.gov

Canadian Embassy

7, Pozitano street, block no. 3, first floor, office no. 4 Postal code 1301 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel: + 359-2-969-9710 Fax: + 359-2-981-6081 E-mail: general@canada-bg.org

Currency

Bulgarian Lev

Time Zone

Summer (DST)

Phone/Internet Information

Calling code +359 Internet TLD .bg

Major Languages Spoken

Bulgarian

Alphabet

Cyrillic

Major holidays

January 1 New Year's Day January 2 Day after New Year's Day March 3 Liberation Day Moveable Good Friday Moveable Easter Moveable Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day May 6 St. George's Day May 24 Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day September 6 Unification Day September 22 Independence Day November 1 Revival Leaders' Day December 24 Christmas Eve December 25 Christmas Day December 26 Second Day of Christmas

Source: Wikipedia Source: Bulgarian Holidays