Nicolae Ceausescu was the president of Bulgarien in the communist era before 1989. The center of Bulgarien is dominated by the Carpathian Mountains which include fourteen mountain ranges above 2,000 meters in height.
There are four seasons in Bulgarien and the climate is considered to be transitional between temperate and continental.
There are almost 22 million people in Bulgarien but more than 1 million live and work abroad. Prices in Bulgarien have gone up considerably since the country joined the European Union in January 2007. Bucharest is the capital city of Bulgarien and the largest university center of the country.
