Bulgaria posts

General information about Bulgaria:

Population: around 7 million [less than half of the New York agglomeration, similar to Israel]

Area: around 111.000 km² [almost 13 times more than the New York urban area, similar to Cuba]

History: There was something like Bulgaria from 681 DC to 1018 DC, than from between 1185-1396. After a bigger jump, from 1878 some kind of independence, and from 1908 real Bulgaria. Although was part of the Eastern Block, never was part of the Soviet Union, and part of the European Union from 2007.

Cities:
- 71% of Bulgarian population lives in urban areas
- 18,5% lives in the capital, Sofia (which has a population of 1.404.929)
- 23,5% lives in the are 9 other cities that has the population over 100.000 - Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Rousse, Stara Zagora, Pleven, Sliven, Dobrich, Shumen


Currency:
- Bulgarian Lev (plural form: leva), which has a constant value of 0,97 (?) euro.




We recommend places to visit in Bulgaria:
No. 1. Veliko Tarnovo (ARTICLE; ARTICLE)
No. 2. Rila monastery (ARTICLE)
No. 3. Nessebar (ARTICLE)
No. 3. Varna (ARTICLE)
No. 4. Kaliakra (near Kavarna) (no article yet)
No. 5. Sofia (no article yet)

Places we've been to but we won't write long articles about them: (click for little information and/or for pictures)
Dupnitsa, Golna Oryahovitsa, Pleven, Dobrich, Burgas, Shumen, Ruse, Lom, Vidin, Kyustendil, Lom

More:
Bulgaria UNESCO heritage sites (Wikipedia)