Peshtera Municipality

Municipality in Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

Coat of arms

Location of Peshtera Municipality in Pazardzhik Province

42°01′59″N 24°18′00″E / 42.03306°N 24.30000°E / 42.03306; 24.30000Country

BulgariaProvincePazardzhik ProvinceCapitalPeshteraArea

• Total150.51 km² (58.11 sq mi)Elevation

440 m (1,440 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total18,899 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)

Peshtera Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Пещера) is a municipality in the Pazardzhik Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

Ethnic composition of Peshtera Municipality

Bulgarians (65.29%)

Turks (14.79%)

Gypsies/Romani (3.96%)

No identification (14.85%)

Other (1.08%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Peshtera was 18,899. Most of the inhabitants (65.29%) were Bulgarians, and there were significant minorities of Gypsies/Romani (3.96%) and Turks (14.79%).^[1]^[2] 14.85% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Communities

Towns

Peshtera

Villages

Kapitan Dimitrievo
Radilovo

References

^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.