Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria ranks 40th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ireland, Israel, and Uruguay. Memorable people born in present day Bulgaria include Aesop, Ahmed III, and Flavius Aetius. Memorable people who died in Bulgaria include Baba Vanga, Decius, and Galerius. Bulgaria has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It lies on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. Read more on Wikipedia