{{Country|name = Bulgaria|image = [[Image:Bulgarien.png|300px]]|imagetext = |symbol = [[fileFile:Coat of arms of Bulgaria-map.jpgpng|550px120px]]|thumb|rightsymboltext = Coat of arms.|continent = [[Europe]]|numberofzones = 15|maxpph = 15}}
'''Bulgarien'''officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Република България, romanized: Republika Balgariya, IPA: [rɛˈpublikɐ bɐɫˈɡarijɐ]), is a country in Southeastern [[Europe]]. It is bordered by [[Romania]] to the north, [[Serbia]] and North [[Macedonia]] to the west, [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]] to the south, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea Black Sea] to the east. The capital and largest city is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia Sofia]; other major cities are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plovdiv Plovdiv], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna Varna] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgas Burgas]. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is [[Europe]]'s sixteenth-largest country.