Sofia

**Sofia**
	capital city of Bulgaria
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Instance of	metropolis; municipality seat; oblast seat; city in Bulgaria; seat of government; largest city (Bulgaria);
Part of	Shopluk;
Named after	Saint Sophia Church;
Location	Stolichna Municipality, Sofia Capital, Bulgaria
Located in or next to body of water	Vladaya River; Iskar; Kakach River; Boyanska reka; Q104007237; Perlovska; Q12295788;
Head of government	Vassil Terziev (2023–);
Present in work	Civilization V (City-state);
Maintained by	WikiProject Bulgaria (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Bulgaria/Administrative_Entities);
Significant event	Siege of Sofia; Siege of Serdica (809);
Population	1,404,116 (2024);
Area	492 km²;
Elevation above sea level	560 m (town hall);
Different from	Stolichna Municipality; Sofia;
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	42° 41′ 52.39″ N, 23° 19′ 18.21″ E
Authority file
	Q472; VIAF ID: 164770757; GND ID: 4077502-1; Library of Congress authority ID: n79131147; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 118847425; IdRef ID: 026638061; NDL Authority ID: 01025308; NL CR AUT ID: ge130885; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000977360; National Library of Spain ID: XX452168; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10044997; BabelNet ID: 00013759n; J9U ID: 987007555089505171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA17158360; OpenStreetMap relation ID: 4283101; Mapy.cz ID: osm&id=1017067726
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A map of Sofia Valley. Vitosha is in the south; the Balkan Mountains define the valley's northern fringes. The Iskar flows north and forms the Iskar Gorge.

A view of the valley from the south. The Balkan Mountains and the beginning of the Iskar Gorge are visible in the distance.

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