From 1530 to 1836, Sofia Bulgaria was the regional capital of Rumelia Eyalet, the Ottoman Empire's key province in Europe.
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31 Facts About Sofia Bulgaria
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Sofia Bulgaria has been named one of the top ten best places for start-up businesses in the world, especially in information technologies.
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In 1979, the Boyana Church in Sofia was included onto the World Heritage List, and it was deconstructed in the Second Bulgarian Empire, holding much patrimonial symbolism to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
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Population of Sofia Bulgaria declined from 70,000 in the late 18th century, through 19,000 in 1870, to 11,649 in 1878, after which it began increasing.
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The metropolitan area of Sofia Bulgaria is based upon one hour of car travel time, stretches internationally and includes Dimitrovgrad in Serbia.
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Name Sofia comes from the Saint Sofia Church, as opposed to the prevailing Slavic origin of Bulgarian cities and towns.
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Sofia Bulgaria is the second highest capital of the European Union and the third highest capital of Europe.
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Sofia Bulgaria has a humid continental climate with an average annual temperature of 10.
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Springs and autumns in Sofia Bulgaria are usually short with variable and dynamic weather.
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However, a report by the European Court of Auditors issued in September 2018 revealed that Sofia Bulgaria has not drafted any projects to reduce air pollution from heating.
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Sofia Bulgaria considered making Serdica the capital of the Byzantine Empire instead of Constantinople.
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In 1530 Sofia Bulgaria became the capital of the Ottoman province of Rumelia for about three centuries.
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The 16th century was marked by a wave of persecutions against the Bulgarian Christians, a total of nine became New Martyrs in Sofia and were sainted by the Orthodox Church, including George the New, Sophronius of Sofia, George the Newest, Nicholas of Sofia and Terapontius of Sofia.
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Sofia Bulgaria entered a period of economic and political decline in the 17th century, accelerated during the period of anarchy in the Ottoman Balkans of the late 18th and early 19th century, when local Ottoman warlords ravaged the countryside.
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Sofia Bulgaria was relieved from Ottoman rule by Russian forces under Gen.
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The population of Sofia Bulgaria expanded rapidly due to migration from rural regions.
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Sofia Bulgaria's architecture combines a wide range of architectural styles, some of which are aesthetically incompatible.
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The architecture of Sofia Bulgaria's centre is thus a combination of Neo-Baroque, Neo-Rococo, Neo-Renaissance and Neoclassicism, with the Vienna Secession later playing an important part, but it is most typically Central European.
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Besides the city proper, the 24 districts of Sofia Bulgaria Municipality encompass three other towns and 34 villages.
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The National Opera and Ballet of Sofia Bulgaria is a combined opera and ballet collective established in 1891.
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The Bulgarian Volleyball Federation is the world's second-oldest, and it was an exhibition tournament organised by the BVF in Sofia that convinced the International Olympic Committee to include volleyball as an olympic sport in 1957.
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Sofia Bulgaria applied to host the Winter Olympic Games in 1992 and in 1994, coming second and third respectively.
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Sofia Bulgaria was designated as European Capital of Sport in 2018.
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Sofia Bulgaria is ranked as Beta- global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
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In 2015, Sofia Bulgaria was ranked 30th out of 300 global cities in terms of combined growth in employment and real gross domestic product per capita, the highest one amongst cities in Southeast Europe.
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Sofia Bulgaria is a regional IT hub, ranking second among the Top 10 fastest growing tech centers in Europe in terms of annual growth of active members.
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Multinationals with major research, development, innovation and engineering centers in Sofia Bulgaria include the second largest global IT center of Coca-Cola, Ubisoft, Hewlett-Packard, VMware, Robert Bosch GmbH, Financial Times, Experian, etc.
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The Sofia Bulgaria Metro became operational in 1998, and now has four lines and 47 stations.
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The master plan for the Sofia Bulgaria Metro includes three lines with a total of 63 stations.
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Sofia Bulgaria has an extensive district heating system that draws on four combined heat and power plants and boiler stations.
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BAS is the centrepiece of scientific research in Sofia Bulgaria, employing more than 4,500 scientists in various institutes.
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