From 1987 until 1999Bulgaria was divided into 9 regions-oblasts. In 1999 these oblasts were split into 28 smaller ones, which correspond aproximately to the 28 okrugs which existed before 1987. They old regions were (the regions which were restored in 1999 are indicated in parentheses next to the 1987 regions from which they were created) :
Burgas region (Burgas, Sliven, Yambol)
Khashkovo region (Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Stara Zagora)
Lovech region (Gabrovo, Lovech, Pleven, Turnovo)
Montana region (Montana, Vidin, Vratsa)
Plovdiv region (Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Smolyan)
Ruse region (Razgrad, Ruse, Silistra, Turgovishte)
Sofia region (Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Pernik, Sofia region)
The Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe.
Bulgaria regained its independence in 1879 as an autonomous principality and was proclaimed a fully independent kingdom in 1908.
According to the 2001 census, Bulgaria's population is mainly ethnic Bulgarian (83.9%), with two sizable minorities in the form of Turks (9.4%) and Roma (4.7%).
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