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Bulgaria lies in the northeastern part of the Balkan
peninsula. the country is 520 km long and 330 km wide
as the crow flies, has a wide outlet on the Black Sea
and the river Danube and convenient crossroads location
between Eurpe and Asia.  The
country's territory of 111,000 square kilometers makes
up about 0.08 percent of the aerth's territory, one fifth
of theterritory of France or a speck on the map of the
globe, if you like. The population is about 8 million,
8,6% of the Balkan Peninsula, 1,3% of europe and 0,20%
of the world, living in 240 towns and 5 099 villages,
68% of the population is urban. With 75 percents per square
kilometer as against 38 on the earth and 66 in Europe,
the population density is relatively big or at least bigger
than that of neighbour Turkey and Greece.  The
total length of the border is 2245 kilometers of which
1181 sre land, 686 ilometers are river and 378 milometers
are sea borders. Turkey, Greece, ex-Yugoslavia and Romania
were, are and will be the neighbour countries. The climate
is temperate contitnental and tends to to be Mediterranian
in the southern and coastal areas. The mean annual temperature
varies between plus 14 degrees C and 3 degrees C; the
highest temperature ever has been 45,2C ad the lowest
-38,3C below zero. Bulgaria is simply a continent in miniature
where alpine lakes sunny beaches, curative hot spring
and chilly caves, edelweis heady prcipicies and subtropical
rivers lilies and lianas coexist. The average altitude
of the country is 450 meters but the relief is very varied.
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