Atlas of Bulgaria

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Bulgaria
България
Български България - Република България[1]

Република България е държава в Югоизточна Европа. Разположена е в източната половина на Балканския полуостров. Граничи с Черно море на изток, с Гърция и Турция на юг, със Сърбия и Република Македония на запад, и с Румъния на север, разделена от река Дунав. Общата дължина на държавната граница е 2245 км, от тях 1181 км са сухоземни, 686 км — речни и 378 км — морски.Официалното име на държавата според конституцията ѝ от 1991 г. е Република България.

English Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria

The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in Southeastern Europe, and a member state of the European Union. It borders the Black Sea to the east, ► Greece and ► Turkey to the south, ► Serbia and the ► Republic of Macedonia to the west, and ► Romania to the north, mostly along the Danube. Bulgaria also shares a maritime border with Turkey, Romania, ► Ukraine, ► Russia, and ► Georgia. The capital of Bulgaria is Sofia.

Short name  Bulgaria
Official name Republic of Bulgaria
Status Third Bulgarian state is independent since 1908, member of the ► European Union since 2007
Location South East Europe
Capital София[2] (Sofia)
Population 6,951,482 inhabitants
Area 110,993.6[3][4][5] square kilometres (42,854.9 sq mi)
Major languages Bulgarian[6] (official)
Major religions Orhodoxy[7]
More information Bulgaria, Geography of Bulgaria, History of Bulgaria and Politics of Bulgaria
More images Bulgaria - Bulgaria (Category).

General maps

Topographic map of Bulgaria[8]
Map of Bulgaria[9]
Map of Bulgaria

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Bulgaria, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Bulgaria.

Ancient map of Thrace (made in 1585)
The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
Hellenistic successor states of the Macedon Empire:
 
Kingdom of Ptolemy
 
Kingdom of Cassander
 
Kingdom of Lysimachus
 
Kingdom of Seleucus
 
Epirus
Other states:
 
Carthage
 
Rome
 
Greek colonies
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present
Extent of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire;
 
133 BC
 
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
 
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
 
117 (maximum extension)
Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Roman era Balkans, map by Alexander G. Findlay, 1849
Roman era Balkans
Map of the Roman Empire in 50
Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
Map of the Roman Empire in 116
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
 
Western Roman Empire
 
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus 527-565
Map showing the location of Bulgars, c. 650.
Foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681
The First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Krum 803–814 (The empire includes the both lands painted in yellow and green)

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The First Bulgarian Empire under Knyaz Boris 852–889 (The empire includes the both lands painted in lighter and darker yellow colours)
The First Bulgarian Empire's greatest territorial extent during the reign of Tsar Simeon (The empire includes the both lands painted in beige and orange)
The First Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuil 997–1014
The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081
The Second Bulgarian Empire under Tsars Ivan Asen I and Peter IV 1185–1197 (in dark yellow) and under Tsar Kaloyan 1197-1207 (in both light and dark yellow)
Territorial expansion of the Second Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Tsar Ivan Asen II 1218-1241 (The empire includes the both lands painted in lighter and darker yellow colours)
The Second Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Tsar Theodore Svetoslav 1300–1322
Fragmenting of the Second Bulgarian Empire into two Bulgarian Tsardoms and many small possessions (in the late 14th century) followed by Ottoman conquering of the state
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire 15th-19th century
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Ethnic map of the Ottoman Empire (1861)
The Spread of Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian-Danubian space (1869)
Proposed restoration of Bulgaria after the Conference of Constantinople, 1876 (rejected proposal by the Ottoman Empire)
Restoration of Bulgarian state (now as Third Bulgarian state) in 1878, but still as client state of the Ottoman Empire
The Third Bulgarian state lost most of its territories in the same 1878
Ethnic map of the Balkan Peninsula (1898)
Bulgarians in 1912
Boundaries on the Balkans before and after the First and the Second Balkan War 1912-1913 (The Third Bulgarian state has been completely independent and not client state since 1908)
Map of Bulgaria during WWI
Bulgaria after WWI 1918-1941
Map of Bulgaria during WWII

Dobruja

Scythia Minor
Map of Romania and Bulgaria with Dobruja highlighted
Borders in Dobruja
The fronteer between Northern and Southern Dobruja
The fronteer between Romania and Bulgaria (1913-1940)
Ethnic map of Dobruja (1918)
Dobruja Germans
Oblasti between 1987 and 1999

History of the wider geographical region of Macedonia

Not to be confused with the modern Republic of Macedonia
Greater Macedonia (region)
Borders of Macedonia (region) according authors (1843-1927)
French Ethnographic map of the modern Macedonia (region), 19th century (point of view of Bulgarians)
French Ethnographic map of the modern Macedonia (region), 19th century (point of view of Serbs)
Division of Macedonia (region) between the Balkan states (Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Albania), 1913
Geographic region of Macedonia through the years

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Bulgaria as part of the Ottoman Empire, a map by T. Jefferys, 1785
Map of the South-East Balkans

Provinces of Bulgaria

Provinces of Bulgaria
Municipalities of Bulgaria

Other maps

Eparchy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Extreme points

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

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  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
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  1. ↑ Romanization according to the United Nations: Bălgarija - Republika Bălgarija.
  2. ↑ Romanization: Sofiya.
  3. ↑ (1997) География на България. Физическа и икономическа география, АИ „Марин Дринов“
  4. ↑ (2002) География на България, „ФорКом“ ISBN: 9544641238.
  5. ↑ Пенин, Румен (2007) Природна география на България, Булвест 2000, pp. 18 ISBN: 9789541805466.
  6. ↑ Cultrual Policies and Trends in Europe. Population by ethnic group and mother tongue, 2001. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved on 2 December 2008.
  7. ↑ The Bulgarian Constitution. Parliament.bg. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved on 13 April 2011.
  8. ↑ Find a blank version of this map here: Image:Topographic Map of Bulgaria Blank.png.
  9. ↑ See for a Bulgarian version: here.

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