Bulgaria
General Country Information
Capital: Sofia
Population: 7,262,675 (July 2008)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 2,868,200 (2002)
Telephone- mobile: 2,597,500 (2002)
Internet hosts: 53,421 (2004)
Internet users: 630,000 (2002)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.54
World Rank 2005/2006: 47
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
National Social Reintegration Center Bulgaria
info@nsrc-bg.org
Bulgarian Association for Persons with Intelectual Didabilities
bapid@mail.orbitel.bg
Union of the Blind of Bulgaria
skarlatov@ssb.sofianet.net
Union of the Deaf in Bulgaria
sgb@sgbbg.com