Bulgaria

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292999
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Bulgaria

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Bulgaria (Europe)

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Introduction ::Bulgaria

Background:

The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria attained autonomy in 1878 and all of Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.

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Geography ::Bulgaria

Location:Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey

Geographic coordinates:43 00 N, 25 00 E

Map references:Europe

Area:

Total:110,879 sq km

Country comparison to the world:104

Land:108,489 sq km

Water:2,390 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries:

Total:1,808 km

border countries:Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Coastline:354 km

Maritime claims:

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Territorial sea:12 nm

Contiguous zone:24 nm

Exclusive economic zone:200 nm

Climate:Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

Terrain:Mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point:Black Sea 0 m

Highest point:Musala 2,925 m

Natural resources:Bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land

Land use:

Arable land:29.94%

Permanent crops:1.9%

Other:68.16% (2005)

Irrigated land:5,880 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:19.4 cu km (2005)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

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Total:6.92 cu km/yr (3%/78%/19%)

Per capita:895 cu m/yr (2003)

Natural hazards:Earthquakes; landslides

Environment - current issues:Air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes

Environment - international agreements:

party to:Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Ai r Pollution- Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution- Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic- Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change- Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia

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People ::Bulgaria

Population:7,148,785 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:98

Age structure:0-14 years: 13.8% (male 509,544/female 484,816) 15-64 years: 68.5% (male 2,426,060/female 2,508,772) 65 years and over: 17.7% (male 518,711/female 756,784) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total:41.6 years

Male:39.4 years

Female:43.9 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:-0.768% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:228

Birth rate:9.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:205

Death rate:14.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:17

Net migration rate:-2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

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Country comparison to the world:181

Urbanization:

Urban population:71% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth:1.06 male(s)/female

Under 15 years:1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years:0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.68 male(s)/female

Total population:0.92 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total:17.26 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world:108

Male:20.59 deaths/1,000 live births

Female:13.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:73.35 years

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country comparison to the world:114

Male: 69.74 years

Female: 77.17 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:1.41 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 198

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

Country comparison to the world:141

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:346 (2001 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 153

HIV/AIDS - deaths:100 (2001 est.)

Country comparison to the world:149

Nationality:

Noun:Bulgarian(s)

Adjective:Bulgarian

Ethnic groups:Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census)

Religions:Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census) 10