Sofia
Capital city of Bulgaria
Also known as Serdica · Sredets · Sredez · Sofija
- Country
- Bulgaria(since 1990)
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- , People's Republic of Bulgaria(1946–1990)
- , Kingdom of Bulgaria(1908–1946)
- +3 more
- Bulgaria(since 1990)
- Located in
- Stolichna Municipality
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Sources- 1.Stated in NRPPnsi.bg/nrnm/ekatte/territorial-unitsRetrieved 2024-07-11
- Stolichna Municipality
- Population
- 1,213,134(December 31, 2025)
- , 1,213,134(December 31, 2025)
- , 1,205,548(December 31, 2024)
- +32 more
- Area
- 492.029 km²
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- 492.029 km²
- Elevation
- 560 m
- Head of government
- Vasil Terziev(since 2023)
- , Yordanka Fandakova(2009–2011)
- , Boyko Borissov(2005–2009)
- +4 more
- Postal code
- 1000
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
290 statements · 33% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Algiers
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Ankara
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Berlin
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Bratislava
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Brussels-Capital Region
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Bucharest
- Bursa
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Helsinki
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
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- Karlovac
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Kyiv(since 1997)
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Sources- 1.old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf
- 2.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- 3.kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/
- London
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Madrid
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Milan
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Moscow
- Pittsburgh
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Ílhavo
- Prague
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Saint Petersburg
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Salalah
- Tel Aviv
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Tirana
- Warsaw
- Yerevan
- Vienna
- Sidon
- Skopje
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Athens
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Amman(since 2000)
- Brussels
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Sources- 1.“Sister cities of Sofia”en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/Sofia.html
- Tbilisi(since 2016)
- Monterrey
- Ramallah(since 2022)
- Algiers
- Official name
- София
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Sources- 1.Stated in NRPPnsi.bg/nrnm/ekatte/territorial-unitsRetrieved 2024-07-11
- Sofia
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Sources- 1.Stated in NRPPnsi.bg/nrnm/ekatte/territorial-unitsRetrieved 2024-07-11
- София
- Motto text
- Расте, но не старее
- Demonym
- Софиянец applies to part: masculine singular
- Sofiano
- Sofiote applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- Софиянци applies to part: plural
- szófiai grammatical number: singular
- Member of
- Creative Cities Network(since 2014) subject has role: City of Film
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
- Native label
- Со̀фия
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Sources- 1.Stated in NRPPnsi.bg/nrnm/reports/units-details-by-event/50029635Retrieved 2026-10-01
- Со̀фия
On other databases
96 identifiers linking Sofia across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID4486
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinesofija-2
- BabelNet ID00013759n
- BBC Things IDcb5cdadf-b7c9-44a2-a206-0528424c205c
- BG EKATTE place ID68134
- BHCL UUIDdb8f1c19-aa18-4286-9493-14c9ef64d84f
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID118847425
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDsofia-20
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00014122
- CiNii Research ID1140563741606396928
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Bulgaria/Localities/Sofia/
- Data Commons IDnuts/SOF46
- De Agostini IDSòfia+(città)
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--4999
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID10880
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica IDsofia_res-87de47da-8c61-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Sofia
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDsofia
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)45uBkL
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)587450
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID24b3
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ41
- Facebook location ID106013482772674
- FactGrid item IDQ21932
- Fandom article IDbulgaria:Sofia
- FAST ID1206893
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)BU42
- Freebase ID/m/0ftjx
- GeoNames ID727011
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7009977
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Sofia
- GitHub topicsofia
- GND ID4077502-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDsofia
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0063250
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDSofia_-_hovedstad
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5896346
- Grove Art Online IDT079522
- Gynopedia IDSofia
- Harper's tagsofia-bulgaria
- Hikr waypoint ID23422
- IdRef ID026638061
- Interlingual Index IDi82696
- J9U entity ID987007555089505171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID13835
- Joconde location ID102d004a-f8c5-4923-8b94-1efc9ebec1c0
- Klexikon article IDSofia
- KSW place ID89278
- LAUBG68134
- Lex IDsofia
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79131147
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=1017067726
- Museum-digital place ID3816
- MusicBrainz area ID0641d55d-9fcb-48be-92c7-0a5273ab58bc
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA17158360
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/38f3f45b-4226-427e-8428-92dc0bc31f36
- National Library of Iceland ID000077242
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000977360
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:V*349416;=BN
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX452168
- NDL Authority ID01025308
- NE.se IDsofia
- NL CR AUT IDge130885
- NLA Trove people ID979670
- Nomisma IDserdica
- NUTS codeSOF46
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning362384
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3977257
- Open Library subject IDplace:sofia_(bulgaria)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID4283101
- OpenWeatherMap city ID727011
- PACTOLS thesaurus IDpcrt8k222IjQPd
- Pinakes city ID558
- Pleiades ID207439
- Provenio UUID28a95bf8-5203-4886-8f0d-79d05aa63d02
- Quora topic IDSofia-Bulgaria
- RKD thesaurus ID391
- SBN place IDBASL000296
- SNARC IDQ1465
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam IDsofya
- Treccani IDsofia
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDsofia
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDsofia
- Tripadvisor ID294452
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044997
- UN/LOCODEBGSOF
- Urban Electric Transit city ID396
- VIAF cluster ID164770757
- Vikidia article IDes:Sofía
- Wellcome Collection concept IDebnqr27t
