Sofia (bgr)

Sofia

Sofia ranks 135th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Johannesburg, Düsseldorf, and Wrocław. Memorable people born in Sofia include Tzvetan Todorov, Kristalina Georgieva, and Irina Bokova. Memorable people who died in Sofia include Baba Vanga, Todor Zhivkov, and Boris III of Bulgaria. Sofia has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Sofia is located in Bulgaria.

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea and closest to the Aegean Sea. Read more on Wikipedia