The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group who speak Bulgarian and are native to Bulgaria and neighboring regions.

Historically, Bulgarians have lived between the Danube, the Agean, Adriatic, and Black Seas in southeastern Europe for over one thousand years.

Today, most Bulgarians live in Bulgaria which is bordered by Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey.

Although the region of Bulgaria is a part of the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empire for many centuries, Bulgarians maintain their identity through their Orthodox religion, their language and their common ethnonym.