Pazardzhik District is located in Southern Bulgaria, in the
central part of the Upper Thracian Plain, north of the Rhodope
Mountains, along the Maritsa River. Administratively, it is
divided into 11 municipalities: Batak Municipality, Belovo
Municipality, Bratsigovo Municipality, Velingrad Municipality,
Lesichovo Municipality, Pazardjik Municipality, Panagyurishte
Municipality, Peshtera Municipality, Rakitovo Municipality,
Septemvri Municipality, Strelcha Municipality.
The region
borders the regions: Plovdiv, Smolyan, Blagoevgrad and Sofia
region.
Pazardzhik has a favorable transitional climate
between the temperate continental climate of the Danube Plain
and the transitional Mediterranean climate of the Southeast.
History
Since 1949, the municipality of Sarnitsa was
transferred from Devinska to the Pazardzhik district.
Population of larger towns and villages in the district
Batak
City » : 3121
City of Belovo: 3761
City of Bratsigovo:
3983
City of Panagyurishte: 17099
City of Pazardzhik:
70728
City of Peshtera: 16557
City of Rakitovo: 8114
City of Septemvri: 7754
City of Strelcha: 3945
City of
Velingrad: 22165
Village of Aleko Konstantinovo: 2727
Bratanitsa village: 2056
Buta village: 1118
Byaga village:
1371
Village of Chernogorovo: 2107
Tsranka village: 1026
Dinkata village: 1163
Dobrovnitsa village: 1337
Dorkovo
village: 2703
Draginovo village: 4766
Dragor village: 1394
Glavinitsa village: 2228
Govedare village: 1592
Grashevo
village: 1248
Hadjievo village: 1020
Isperihovo village:
1948
Ivaylo village: 2798
Kalugerovo village: 1252
Karabunar village: 1326
City of Kostandovo: 4144
Kovachevo
village: 2402
Village of Krastava: 1065
Malo Konare
village: 4222
Mokrishte village: 1805
Village of Nova
Mahala: 2060
Oborishte village: 1188
Village of Ognyanovo:
2342
Patalenitsa village: 1164
Popintsi village: 1854
Radilovo village: 1323
Saraya village: 1362
Semchinovo
village: 1925
Sestrimo village: 1139
Village of Sinitovo:
1885
City of Sarnitsa » : 3550
Sveta Petka village: 1531
Village of Varvara: 2005
City of Vetren: 3103
Village of
Vetren dol: 1402
Village of Vinogradec: 1399
Yunatsite
village: 1474
Zvanichevo village: 1808
The Pazardzhik municipality is located in southern Bulgaria, in the central part of the Upper Thracian lowland, north of the Rhodope Mountains, along the Maritsa River. The municipality borders seven municipalities from the Pazardzhik region, including: the municipality of Strelcha, Panagyurishte, Lesichovo, Septemvri, Rakitovo, Peshtera and Bratsigovo, as well as four municipalities from the Plovdiv region - Saedinenie, Stamboliyski, Maritsa, Rodopi.
The climate is characterized by warm and long summers, dry autumns and mild and wet winters. During the months of August and July, droughts are often observed. But in the higher altitude areas, the climate is characterized by markedly colder winters with prolonged snow cover, while summers are cool.
The municipality has conditions for the development of the meat industry due to the presence of many small private farms for pigs and calves. Due to the favorable climate and soils, various wine grape varieties are grown in the area. In general, the area is known for many wine regions and wineries. A well-developed industry in the region is tobacco production. Oriental tobacco and "Virginia" are mainly grown there.
Velingrad is the largest Bulgarian balneological resort within the
Pazardzhik region. It is located in the most beautiful part of the
Western Rhodopes - the Chepin Valley, at an altitude of 700 to 1,800 m.
In Velingrad, the beautiful nature is complemented by the mild and
pleasant climate. In terms of abundance and variety of its mineral
waters, Velingrad ranks first in Bulgaria with about 80 mineral springs.
The city has over 10 mineral outdoor and indoor pools, with city
beaches, over 50 hotels, 43 rest homes and sanatoriums, as well as 6
mineral baths.
A true miracle of nature is the largest karst
spring in Bulgaria - "Kleptuza", from which 570 liters of ice-cold water
gushes to the surface every second, forming two lakes flowing into the
Chepinska River.
More than 440 archaeological, architectural,
historical and artistic monuments of culture from prehistory, antiquity
and the Middle Ages to the Renaissance are known on the territory of
Pazardzhik region.
At 14 km. south of the city, in the immediate
vicinity of the village of Radilovo, a modest monument to the Bulgarian
writer and democrat Aleko Konstantinov was erected.
Numerous road arteries of the Republican road network pass through
the territory of the district. Due to the favorable location of the
city, some of the main transport corridors connecting Western Europe
with the Middle East and Central Asia pass through it. The international
highway Trakia passes through here, the European road E-80, which
connects the municipality with Western Europe and Istanbul, and the
transport corridor No. 8, connecting the Black Sea with the Adriatic
Sea.
Rail transport provides access to the Black Sea cities of
Burgas and Varna.