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Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea,
between Romania and Turkey
Map references: Europe
People
Population: 8,612,757 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (male 769,025; female 732,119)
15-64 years: 68% (male 2,891,197; female 2,923,440)
65 years and over: 15% (male 561,944; female 735,032)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.46% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71 years
male: 67.07 years
female: 75.12 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions:
Religions:
Languages:
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1992
est.)
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97%
Government
Country Abbreviation: BU
Type of government: emerging democracy
Independence: 22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire)
National holiday: Independence Day, 3 March (1878)
Constitution: adopted 12 July 1991
Legal system: based on civil law system with Soviet law
influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Other political or pressure groups:
International organization participation: ACCT, BIS,
BSEC, CCC, CE, EBRD, ECE, EU (applicant), FAO, G- 9, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarset,
Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,
NACC, NAM (guest), NSG, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMOT, UPU, WEU (associate partner), WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant), ZC
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Snezhana Damianova
BOTUSHAROVA
chancery: 1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 387-7969
FAX: [1] (202) 234-7973
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant)
embassy: 1 Saborna Street, Sofia
mailing address: Unit 1335, APO AE 09213-1335
telephone: [359] (2) 88-48-01 through 05
FAX: [359] (2) 80-19-77
Flag:
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $43.2 billion (1995
est.)
GDP real growth rate: 2.4% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $4,920 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 11.9% (1995 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 2,773,293 (1993 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 20, FM 15, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 29 (Russian repeater in
Sofia 1)
Televisions: 2.1 million (May 1990 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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