What is Sofia?
{{Infobox City |official_name = Sofia |native_name = София |image_skyline = 1-Sofia-parliament-square-ifb.JPG |imagesize = 270px |image_caption = [[Alexander Liberator]] depicted in metal in front of the [[National Assembly of Bulgaria|National Assembly]] Square in central Sofia [[Orlov Most|Eagles' Bridge]] detail |image_flag = BG Sofia flag.svg |image_shield = BG Sofia coa.svg |pushpin_map = Bulgaria |mapsize = 320 px |map_caption = Position of Sofia in Bulgaria |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Province]] |subdivision_name = [[Bulgaria]] |subdivision_name1 = Sofia-Capital |leader_title = [[List of mayors of Sofia|Mayor of Sofia]] |leader_name = [[Yordanka Fandakova]] ([[Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria|GERB]]) |established_title = Settled&nbsp;by&nbsp;[[Thracians]] |established_date = [[7th century BC]] |area_total_km2 = 1.349 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |population_as_of = Census 2011 (City and Urban),<br>Forecast for 2012 (Metro)<ref>[http://eurometrex.org/Docs/Meetings/Barcelona_2004/Presentations/Georgette_RAFAILOVA_Sofia.pdf Sofia Master Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402192611/http://eurometrex.org/Docs/Meetings/Barcelona_2004/Presentations/Georgette_RAFAILOVA_Sofia.pdf |date=2012-04-02 }}, Sofia Metro Area - 1,280,000 in 2001 and 1,450,000 in 2020, equal to 1,378,000 in 2012; Sofia Metro Region - 1,435,000 in 2001 and 1,540,000 in 2020, equal to 1,495,000 in 2012</ref> |population footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 1,270,284 |population_density_km2 = 944 |population_urban = 1,359,520 |population_metro = 1,380,000 (Metro area)<br>1,495,000 (Metro region) |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates={{coord|42|42||