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Bulgaria (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.6660 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Bulgaria is a nation lying in the eastern portion of the Balkan Peninsula, covering some 42,855 square miles. The Black Sea to the east, Greece and turkey to the south, Macedonia to the southwest, Serbia to the west, and Romania to the north form its borders. Semi-nomadic Thracians from 3500 BCE inhabited it, and a true Thracian state evolved in the 5th century BCE. A much fought-over area, it was repeatedly invaded, by the Macedonians in the 3rd century BCE, by the Romans, by the Goths in the 3rd century CE, and by the Huns, Bulgars, and Avars in the 6th century. Slavs and Bulgars successively ruled it in the 7th century, then Byzantium, the Mongols, and the Ottoman Empire between 1396 and1878. Following the Second World War it came under Soviet power. Industry fuels the bulk of the economy, with agriculture accounting for a relatively small portion. The official language is Bulgarian though regional dialects are also spoken. The 2003 estimated population was 7,917,600. |
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| Bulgaria (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Bulgaria (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Republika Bulgaria (C,V)
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| Bǎlgarija (C,V,Bulgarian (transliterated)-P,U)
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| Republika Bǎlgarija (C,V,O,Bulgarian (transliterated),U)
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| Republic of Bulgaria (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Bŭlgaria (C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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| Republika Bŭlgaria (C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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| Bâlgarija (C,V)
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| Bulgariya (C,V)
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| Blgariya (C,V)
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| Bulgarie (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République de Bulgarie (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República de Bulgaria (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| Bulgarien (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Bulgária (C,O)
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| България (C,V,Bulgarian-P,U)
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| Република България (C,V,Bulgarian,U)
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| Болгария (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Болгария (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 保加利亚 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 保加利亚共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| ب غَاريا (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ب غَاريا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| BGR (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BG (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO100 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BU00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Bulgarian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| בולגריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Narodna Republika Bulgariya (H,V)
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............ | 1946-1990 |
| People's Republic of Bulgaria (H,O,English,U,N)
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............ | 1946-1990 |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent state established in 7th cen.; modern nation created in 1877, allied with Soviet bloc 1946-1989 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Sofia .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Bulgaria, Sofiya Grad region) [7009977] |
| historical connection .... |
Odrysian Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World) [8711705] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1955 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République de Bulgarie.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-02-10, III-15 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1990) 485-486 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 563 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 573 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 573 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1999) 565 |
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Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 99-100 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 131-132 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 134 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 618-620 |
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FIPS Change Notice, no. 1 (1998) 4 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 12 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 764 |
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ISO Newsletter (1991) 1991-02-10, III-15 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) 343 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 40 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 81 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-15 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 42 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 6 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 188-190 |
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World Gazetteer [online] (1990-2006) accessed 30 Oct. 2003 |
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