Local time
Wed, 7:32 PM GMT+2Europe/SofiaCityCapital
Sofia
42.69° N, 23.31° E
- Population
- 1,185,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 18
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 18 cities of Bulgaria in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Bulgaria, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 560 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 492 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Stolichna Municipality
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Saint Sophia Church
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Europe/Sofia
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Sofia, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Sofia have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Named after the Church of Saint Sofia in the city, Sofia takes its name from a church whose parts may date to the 4th century.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
