Sofia

Sofia София
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Motto(s):  Расте, но не старее (Grows but Does no Age)[1]
Sofia Position o Sofia in Bulgarie
Coordinates: 42°42′N 23°20′E / 42.700°N 23.333°E / 42.700; 23.333Coordinates: 42°42′N 23°20′E / 42.700°N 23.333°E / 42.700; 23.333
Kintra	Bulgarie
Province	Sofia Ceety
Settled by Thracians	as Serdica 7t century BC
Govrenment
• Mayor o Sofia	Yordanka Fandakova
Area
• City	492 km2 (190 sq mi)
Elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population  (Census 2011 (Ceety an Urban),[2] Forecast 2011 (Metro)[3])
• City	1,232,088
• Density	944/km2 (2,440/sq mi)
• Urban	1,291,591
• Metro	1,370,000 (Metro aurie)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	1000
Area code(s)	(+359) 02
Website	www.Sofia.bg

Sofia (Bulgarie: София, pronounced [ˈsɔfija] ( listen)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety^[4] o Bulgarie an the 47t lairgest ceety bi population in the European Union wi 1.3 million fowk.^[5][6] It is locatit in wastren Bulgarie, at the fuit o Munt Vitosha an is ranked as a Beta warld ceety.

Prehistoric settlements wur excavatit in the centre o the present ceety, near the ryal palace, as well as in ooter districts sic as Slatina an Obelya. The well-preserved toun walls (especially thair substructures) frae antiquity date back afore the 7t century BC, when Thracians establisht thair ceety next tae the maist important an heichlie respectit mineral sprung, still functionin the day. Sofia haes haed several names in the different periods o its existence, an remnants frae the ceety's past can still be seen the day alangside modren laundmerks.

1. ↑ "Sofia Trough Centuries". Sofia Municipality. Archived frae the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
2. ↑ "Census 2011" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 27 Julie 2013. Retrieved 23 Januar 2012.
3. ↑ eurometrex.org Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Sofia Metro Aurie (1,280,000 in 2001 an 1,450,000 in 2020, equal tae 1,370,000 in 2011); Sofia Metro Region (1,435,000 in 2001 an 1,540,000 in 2020, equal tae 1,490,000 in 2011)
4. ↑ "Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес". ГД "Гражданска Регистрация и Административно Обслужване". Retrieved 10 Mairch 2008.
5. ↑ [1]
6. ↑ "Population table by permanent and present address" (in Bulgarian). Head Direction of Residential Registration and Administrative Service. Retrieved 15 Januar 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)