Jump to content

Rodopi Municipality

Coordinates: 41°57′25″N 24°34′23″E / 41.95694°N 24.57306°E / 41.95694; 24.57306
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Elkost (talk | contribs) at 21:13, 2 January 2015 (removed Category:Plovdiv Province; added Category:Municipalities in Plovdiv Province using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Rodopi municipality (Bulgarian: Община Родопи) is situated in the Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006 the population is 33,111.

It occupies parts of the Upper Thracian Plain to the south of Plovdiv and the northern-most slopes of the central Rhodopi mountains. Its territory is 524.8 square kilometres (202.6 sq mi).

The backbone of the economy is agriculture which employs around 80% of the population. Amongst the most important crops are grapes with annual production of 15,000 tonnes.

Villages in the Rodopi municipality

41°57′25″N 24°34′23″E / 41.95694°N 24.57306°E / 41.95694; 24.57306