BULGARIA BULGARIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 22 1908 FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 12 1991 POPULATION 8194772 1999 EST AREA 42855 SQ MI CAPITAL SOFIA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES LEAD COPPER COAL ZINC BAUXITE TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES MACHINERY CHEMICALS METAL PRODUCTION FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES CONSTRUCTION AGRICULTURE OILSEED TOBACCO FRUIT GRAINS CATTLE CURRENCY LEV GDP 33.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4100 1998 EST LANGUAGES BULGARIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY BULGARIAN ORTHODOXY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 69 YEARS MALE 76 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 9 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 13 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
