Sarnitsa (also transcribed Surnica, ) is a small town in the

Pazardzhik Province Pazardzhik Province ( ''Oblast Pazardzhik'', former name Pazardzhik okrug) is a province in Southern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre: the city of Pazardzhik. The territory is that is divided into 12 municipaliti ...

, southern Bulgaria. it had 3,511 inhabitants. Formerly a village, it gained its town status in September 2003 and since January 2015 has formed the administrative centre of the homonymous Sarnitsa Municipality. Most inhabitants are ethnic

Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

and their main religion is

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. That means that Sarnitsa is a predominantly

Pomak Pomaks (; Macedonian: Помаци ; ) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northwestern Turkey, and northeastern Greece. The strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is recognized officially as Bulgarian Muslims by th ...

settlement. The city has an

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age structure.

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