Area
Capital
and largest city is Sofia. The official language is Bulgarian.
Official script is Cyrillic.
Ethnic groups are
84.8% Bulgarians;
8.8% Turks;
4.9% Roma;
1.5% others;
Religion is Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Anthem
"Mila Rodino" is the national anthem of Bulgaria. It is based on the music and text of the song "Gorda Stara Planina" by Tsvetan Radoslavov,
written and composed as he left to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885.
The anthem was adopted in 1964. The text has been changed many times, most recently in 1990.
Coat of Arms
The current coat of arms of Bulgaria was adopted in 1997. The current arms are a slightly redesigned version of the coat of arms of Bulgaria from the period 1927–1946.
The previous emblem,
which combined the traditional gold lion rampant with the pattern of the coat of arms of the Soviet Union, was abandoned since Communist rule ended in the country in 1989.