'''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 [[Country:Romania|Romania]] to the north, [[Country:Serbia|Serbia]] and North [[Country:North Macedonia|North Macedonia]] to the west, [[Country:Greece|Greece]] and [[Country:Turkey|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.