Bulgaria by Marina Miller https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba Country/State Discussion Board #5 en-us 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC 2017-05-17 02:07:51 UTC hello@padlet.com mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620250 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620250 Climate mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620265 Bulgaria has a temperate-continental climate with moderate features which is characteristic for Central Europe, with hot summers, long, cold winters and very distinct seasons. 

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620265 Sofia Zoo mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620276 Sofia Zoo in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, was founded by royal decree on 1 May 1888, and is Southeastern Europe's oldest and largest zoological garden. It covers 36 hectares and as of March 2006 houses 4,850 animals representing 840 species.

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620276 Devil's Throat Cave mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620288 This is a spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat. According to one account, it was through the Devil's Throat Cave that Orpheus descended into Hades to seek his beloved Eurydice.

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620288 Rila Monastery mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620302 The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria.

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  1. Sofia
  2. Plovdiv
  3. Varna
  4. Burgas
  5. Rousse
  6. Stara Zagora
  7. Pleven
  8. Sliven
  9. Dobrich
  10. Shumen

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620314 Brief History mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620331 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620331 Fun Fact mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620345 Bulgaria produces about 70% of all rose oil in the world.

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]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620378 Population mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620383 6,924,716

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620383 Government mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620392 parliamentary democracy

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]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620415 Languages mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620426 Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Roma 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% 

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620426 Religions mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620434 Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4%

]]> 2017-02-14 04:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620434 Fun Fact mcmiller0215 https://padlet.com/mcmiller0215/3rx42e1psnba/wish/153620442 Bulgarians express approval by shaking their heads rather than nodding. 

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