3. DEFINITION
 Ethnicity or ethnic group is a socially defined
category based on common culture or nationality.

4.  Area: 111,000 square km
 Population: 7 385 367
 Religion: Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim
12.2%, Catholic 0.6%, other 4.6% (Jewish,
Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian)

5. ETHNIC GROUPS: BULGARIAN 83.9%, TURKISH
9.4%, ROMA 4.7%, OTHER 2% (ARMENIANS,
JEWS, GREEKS, RUSSIANS)

6. The Bulgarians are a South Slavic ethnic
group native to Bulgaria . The Bulgarians have
descended from three main tribal groups, which
mixed themselves and formed a Slavic-speaking
ethnicity in the First Bulgarian Empire. Most
Bulgarians live in Bulgaria, where they are around 6
million, constituting 85% of the population.

7. Bulgarian Turks are the largest ethnic
minority in Bulgaria. They are mostly concentrated
in the northeastern provinces and in the south. The
Turkish community became an ethnic minority when
the Principality of Bulgaria was established after
the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Islamic identity
remain strong and over 95% of the Turkish ethnic
group profess this religion.

8. The Roma or the Gypsies constitute one of ethnic
minorities in Bulgaria. In Bulgaria, the Roma are
most commonly referred to as Tsigani.
Roma in Bulgaria are not a unified community in
terms of culture and lifestyle. There are Bulgarian
and Turkish Gypsies .

9. OTHER MINORITY GROUPS IN MY COUNTRY ARE THE
JEWISH PEOPLE, RUSSIANS,GAGAUZ,GREEKS,
KARAKACHANS -ALL OF THEM DIVERSE BUT UNITED-
SHARING ONE LANGUAGE AND ONE COUNTRY