BULGARIABY Gavin Hegarty

BULGARIA FACTS

CAPITAL CITY= SOFIA POPULATION= 7.640,000 LANGUAGE=BULGARIAN CURRENCY= LEV HIGHEST MOUNTAIN= MUSALA LONGEST RIVER= DANUBE

NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

ROMANIA SERBIA MACED GRECCE

CITIES

SOFIA BURGAS VARNA RUSE STARA ZAGORA

MOUNTAINS

BIRIN RILA BALKAN RODOPI SAKER

RIVERS AND LAKES

DANUBE ISKUR STRUMA MARITSA YANTRA

FACT 1

BULGARIANS SHAKE THEIR HEADS TO MEAN YES AND NOD FOR NO.

FACT 2

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT IS THE BAGPIPES CALLED THE GADIA.

FACT 3

BULGARINANS INVENTED THE FIRST ELECTRONIC COMPUTER, DIGITAL WATCH AND CAR AIR BAG.

FACT 4

MOST FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS ARE HRISTO STOICHKOV HIGHEST SCORER AT THE 1994 WORLD CUP AND DIMITAR BRBATOV.

FACT 5

ITS BEST FOOTBALL RESULT WAS FOURTH AT THE 1994 WORLD CUP IN THE USA.

FACT 6

THE COUNTRY HAS ALSO PRODUCED TOP TENNIS PLAYERS SUCH AS TSVETANA PIRONKOVO.

FACT 7

OTHER CELEBS INCLUDE SUMO WRESTLER KALOYAN MALLYANOV AND CHESS GRANDMASTER VESELIN TOPALOV.

FACT 8

THE COUNTRY IS ONE OF THE WORLDS BIGGEST WINEMAKERS MAKING 200,000 TONNES A YEAR.