Pazardzhik Municipality () is the second largest municipality in
Pazardzhik Province, after
Velingrad
Velingrad ( ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most po ...
. It occupies 640 km
2 or 14.3% of the province. Its territory encompasses the westernmost parts of the
Upper Thracian Plain and is famous for its fertility.
Demography
The population of 134,295 lives in 32 settlements which include one town (
Pazardzhik) and 31 villages.
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
References
{{Pazardzhik Municipality
Municipalities in Pazardzhik Province