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area 110,912 sq km, 42,812sq mi capital Sofia
towns Plovdiv, Ruse; Black Sea ports Burgas
and Varna physical lowland plains in N and SE
separated by mountains that cover
three-quarters of the country environment
pollution has virtually eliminated all
species of fish once caught in the Black Sea.
Vehicle-exhaust emissions in Sofia have led
to dust concentrations more than twice the
medically accepted level features key
position on land route from Europe to Asia;
Black Sea coast; Balkan and Rhodope
mountains; Danube River in N head of state
Zhelyu Zhelev from 1990 head of government
Lyuben Berov from 1992 political system
emergent democratic republic political
parties Union of Democratic Forces (UDF),
right of center; Bulgarian Socialist Party
(BSP), left-wing, ex-communist; Movement for
Rights and Freedoms (MRF), centrist; Civic
Alliances for the Republic (CAR), left of
center exports textiles, leather, chemicals,
nonferrous metals, timber, machinery,
tobacco, cigarettes.