{"id":33766,"date":"2014-12-21T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T23:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/mee_countries_bulgaria_index\/"},"modified":"2014-12-21T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T23:40:41","slug":"mee_countries_bulgaria_index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/mee_countries_bulgaria_index\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a class=\"sa_headline sa_clt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ask.com\/web?q=Bulgaria+country\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bulgaria<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span class=\"sa_headline\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span class=\"sa_headline\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"sa_headline\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Population (2014 est) \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Area \u2013 68,910mi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Capital \u2013 Sofia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Ethnic Background <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bulgarian &#8211; 76.9%,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turkish &#8211; 8% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roma &#8211; 4.4% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Other &#8211; 0.7% (including Russian, Armenian, and Vlach) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Other (unknown) &#8211; 10%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Exports &#8211; clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Imports &#8211; machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Life Expectancy (2014 est) \u2013 M 71 years<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F 78 years<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Infant Mortality (2014 est) &#8211; 15.08 deaths\/1,000 live births<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Adult Illiteracy Rate \u2013 1.6%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey. 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