Rakitovo
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Place in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Rakitovo Ракитово | |
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Coat of arms | |
41°59′N 24°05′E / 41.983°N 24.083°E / 41.983; 24.083 | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Pazardzhik |
Government | |
• Mayor | Georgi Holyanov |
Elevation | 814 m (2,671 ft) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 7 012 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal Code | 4640 |
Area code | 03542 |
Rakitovo (Bulgarian: Ракитово [rɐˈkitovo]) is a town in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. As of 2005[update] the population was 8,952. It is located in the northern part of the Rhodopi mountains[1] at 12 km to the east of Velingrad and 7 km to the southwest of the Batak Reservoir. There is timber industry in the town. People from the region grow crops, lavender, potatoes and barley.
Some Aromanians live in Rakitovo.[2][3]
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Rakitovo is twinned with:
- Svetlograd, Russia
References
- ^ Strnadel, Leslie; Erdley, Patrick (2012-01-01). Bulgaria (Other Places Travel Guide). Other Places Publishing. ISBN 9780982261996.
- ^ Constantin, Marin (2014). "The ethno-cultural belongingness of Aromanians, Vlachs, Catholics, and Lipovans/Old Believers in Romania and Bulgaria (1990–2012)" (PDF). Revista Română de Sociologie. 25 (3–4): 255–285.
- ^ Kyurkchiev, Nikolai (2006). "The Aromânians: an ethnos and language with a 2000-year history". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2006 (179): 115–129. doi:10.1515/IJSL.2006.029. S2CID 144939846.
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41°59′N 24°05′E / 41.983°N 24.083°E / 41.983; 24.083