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Transportation of Bulgaria

Airports:217 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 132
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 96 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 85
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 72 (2006)
Heliports:4 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 2,505 km; oil 339 km; refined products 156 km (2006)
Railways:total: 4,294 km
standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 44,033 km
paved: 43,593 km (includes 333 km of expressways)
unpaved: 440 km (2004)
Waterways:470 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 75 ships (1000 GRT or over) 872,653 GRT/1,294,877 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 40, cargo 17, chemical tanker 4, container 6, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 4
foreign-owned: 2 (Germany 1, Russia 1)
registered in other countries: 41 (Cambodia 1, Comoros 1, Malta 13, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17, Slovakia 7, unknown 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Burgas, Varna

Bulgaria Quickstats

  • Population: 7,322,858 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 110,910 sq km
  • Density: 70 /km² (124th)
  • GDP (total): $87.156 billion (63th)
  • GDP (per capita): $10,843 (65th)
  • Literacy: 98.2%

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  • Currency: Lev³ (BGN)
  • Dial code: +359

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