SGA Ministries in Bulgaria
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- Biblical Leadership Training
- Leadership Support
- Bible Student Sponsorship
- Crisis Response
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Background
 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 1991
with the dissolution of the USSR, and Bulgaria
began the contentious process of moving
toward political democracy and a market
economy while combating inflation, unemployment,
corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and
democratization keep Bulgaria on a path
toward eventual integration into the EU
and NATO
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black
Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Area
110,910 sq km
Land Boundaries
Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Natural Resources
Bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber,
arable land
Land Use
Arable land: 43%, permanent crops: 2%,
permanent pastures: 14%, forests and woodland:
38%, other: 3% (1999 est.)
Population
7,796,694 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic Groups
Bulgarian 83%, Turk 8.5%, Roma 2.6%, Macedonia,
Armenian, Tatar, Gagauz, Circassian, others
(1998)
Religions
Bulgarian Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman
Catholic 1.5%, Jewish 0.8%, Uniate Catholic
0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and
other 1% (1998)
Languages
Bulgarian, secondary languages closely
correspond to ethnic breakdown
Independence
22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire)
Unemployment Rate
15% (1999 est.)
Industries
Machine building and metalworking, food
processing, chemicals, construction materials,
ferrous and nonferrous metals, nuclear fuel
Agriculture
Vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock,
wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets
Currency
1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki
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