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Sofia

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Also known as Serdica, Sredets, Sredez, Sofija

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Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria, located in the western part of the country at the foot of Vitosha mountain. The city is an important urban center with natural resources like mineral springs and serves as the country's primary seat of government and commerce.

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Settlement.postal_code: 1000
Settlement.name: Sofia
Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city
Settlement.image_flag: BG Sofia flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: BG_Sofia_coa.svg
Settlement.motto: "Расте, но не старее""Raste, no ne staree"("Ever growing, never aging")
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe shape: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria#Europe
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Sofia
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sofia City
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Capital
Settlement.established_title: Cont. inhabited

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Saint Sophia Church
Official name: Sofia
Demonym: szófiai
Country: Roman Empire
Located in: Stolichna Municipality
Continent: Europe
Official language: Bulgarian
Population: 1205548
Area: 492.029
Elevation: 560
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Head of government: Vasil Terziev
Capital of: Principality of Bulgaria
Official website: sofia.bg
Image: Russian church (37591925970).jpg
Dialing code: 02
Licence plate code: CB
Motto: Расте, но не старее
Coat of arms: coat of arms of Sofia
Significant event: Siege of Serdica (809)

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Commons category: Sofia
topic's main category: Category:Sofia
twinned administrative body: Ramallah
category for people born here: Category:Births in Sofia
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sofia
category of associated people: Category:People from Sofia
postal code: 1000
category for people buried here: Q7978186
different from: Sofia Oblast
native label: Со́фия
short name: Со́фия
territory overlaps: Novi Iskar District
P8168: Puttelange-lès-Thionville
member of: Creative Cities Network
category for honorary citizens of entity: Q7981540
P11012: Greece
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
present in work: Civilization V
P12749: Feltre
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Cities

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