Pazardzhik Municipality

Pazardzhik Municipality
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Pazardzhik Province
Area
• Total	640 km² (250 sq mi)

Coordinates: 42°11′21″N 24°19′57″E / 42.18917°N 24.33250°E / 42.18917; 24.33250 Pazardzhik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Пазарджик) is the second largest municipality in Pazardzhik Province, after Velingrad. It occupies 640 km² or 14,3% of the province. Its territory encompasses the western-most parts of the Upper Thracian Plain and is famous for its fertility. The population of 134,295 lives in 32 settlements which include one town (Pazardzhik) and 31 villages.

Pazardzhik Municipality

Capital: Pazardzhik

Villages	Aleko Konstantinovo Apriltsi Bratanitsa Chernogorovo Debrushtitsa Dobrovnitsa Dragor Gelemenovo Glavinitsa Govedare Hadzhievo Ivailo Krali Marko Lyanovo Malo Konare Miryantsi Mokrishte Ognyanovo Ovchepoltsi Patalenitsa Pishtigovo Rosen Saraya Sbor Sinitovo Topoli Dol Tsar Asen Tsrancha Velichkovo Yunatsite Zvanichevo

Landmarks	Church of the Mother of God Pazardzhik Clock Tower Pazardzhik History Museum Georgi Benkovski Stadium Church of St Demetrius, Patalenitsa

Culture	PFC Hebar Pazardzhik Videlina Cultural Center

Notable people	Kimon Georgiev Konstantin Muraviev Konstantin Velichkov

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