Sarnitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Сърница) is one of the municipalities located in Pazardzhik Province. Its administrative centre is Sarnitsa. The municipality was established on 1 January 2015.[1]
Geography
The municipality is located in the southern portion of the province. The total area is 198.59 km2 (76.68 sq mi).[2] It occupies an elongated area that is 34 km long from northwest to southeast and 6 to 8 km in width.[citation needed] It borders Velingrad Municipality in the north and Batak Municipality in the east. The Dospat Municipality of Smolyan Province is to the south-east, while Garmen and Satovcha municipalities of Blagoevgrad Province adjoin the region in the south-west.
Communities
There are only three communities with a permanent population: Sarnitsa, Pobit Kamak and Medeni Polyani, with only Sarnitsa being a town.
The population is around 4,617.[3] The majority of the people in the municipality are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims.[4]
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References
- ^ "Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self Government in Bulgaria": 23.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Площ землища Община Сърница". Guide Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "Население по области, общини, местоживеене и пол | Национален статистически институт". nsi.bg. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "За Сърница". Retrieved 7 December 2022.