Made in Bulgaria: You May Be Surprised

A bit of info on Bulgaria

CIA - The World Factbook

• Bulgaria is in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey.
• It's slightly larger than Tennessee with a total area of 110,910 sq km; which is mostly land: 110,550 sq km; and a little water: 360 sq km.
• The climate is temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers.
• The terrain is mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast.
• Natural resources include bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land.
• Natural hazards are earthquakes and landslides!
• The current environmental issues are air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes.
• Population estimated in July 2007: 7,322,858.
• According to the 2001 census, the ethnic groups include Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian).
• The capital is Sofia.
• Independence: 3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire).
• Constitution was adopted 12 July 1991.
• Industries: electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel.
• Export commodities: clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels.