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Pazardzhik Municipality

Coordinates: 42°11′21″N 24°19′57″E / 42.18917°N 24.33250°E / 42.18917; 24.33250
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Pazardzhik Municipality
Country Bulgaria
ProvincePazardzhik Province
Area
 • Total640 km2 (250 sq mi)

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 westernmost parts of the Upper Thracian Plain and is famous for its fertility.

Demography

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The population of 134,295 lives in 32 settlements which include one town (Pazardzhik) and 31 villages.

Religion

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According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:

Religious composition of Pazardzhik Municipality [1]
Orthodox Christianity
 
 83.3%
Catholicism
 
 0.4%
Protestantism
 
 1.7%
Islam
 
 4.2%
No religion
 
 3.8%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
 
 6.6%

References

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  1. ^ "Religious composition of Bulgaria 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
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