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Thursday, 11 March 2010
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BULGARIA- an ancient land, situated at the crossroads between East and West!
 A country with an ancient culture, Thracian golden treasures, gorgeous architectural monuments, monasteries and museum towns of the Bulgarian National Revival, a cradle of Slavonic literature and education, unique nature of the Black sea coast, the mountain ridges and the famous Valley of the Roses - one and only in the world. Beautiful mountains, pine forests, caves, waterfalls - this is the nature of mountain ridges Rila, Pirin, the Rhodopes, Balkan Range/Stara planina /.
From cape Kaliakra in the North to the Ropotamo river in the South, the golden Black sea coast stretches out with its famous resorts Albena, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach. Its length is 380km, the average air temperature in summer - about 28°C, the water temperature - 24°C.
 
BULGARIA -General and useful Information.
 Location:Bulgaria situated in on Balkan peninsula, in the southern east parts of Europe. In the north borders on Romania, in the West - Serbia and Macedonia, in the east with Black sea, in the south - with Turkey.
 The area: 111 000 sq km.
 The population: 8 140 000 people.
 Language:the official language is Bulgarian.From foreign most prevalents– Russian, English, German, French languages.
 Religion: the Most part of the population professes east Orthodoxy, are also an islam, Catholicism and others.
 Local time: Central European 1Hour forward
 Electric network: 220 V, 50 Hz
 Monetary unit: is the Lev. In banks and exchange offices it is possible to exchange anyone foreing currency for the Bulgarian money. In the reference there are denominations face value Lev -1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100, and also coins advantage 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 stotinki and 1 lev.
 Credit cards: Visa, Master Card, Eurocard, Maestro, Cirrus, JCB, American Express, etc.
 Important telephone numbers: Police – 166
 The first help – 150
 The road help – 146.