Pazardzhik

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Pazardzhik

Total population

76,739

Coordinates42.19°, 24.33°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Pazardzhik is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, southern Bulgaria. It is the centre of Pazardzhik Province and Pazardzhik Municipality. It is located in the Upper Thracian Plain and in the Pazardzhik-Plovdiv Field, a subregion of the plains. It is west of Plovdiv, about 37 kilometres (23 mi), 112 kilometres (70 mi) southeast of Sofia and 288 kilometres (179 mi) from Burgas. The population is 55,220, as it has been growing around from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. The city reached its highest milestone, exceeding 80,000. Due to poor economic performance in Bulgaria during the 1990s and early 2000s, emigration of Bulgarians began, which affected Pazardzhik as well.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Teodor Trayanov

Bulgarian poet

Vladimir Manchev

Bulgarian footballer

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Borislav Gidikov

Bulgarian weightlifter

Kimon Georgiev

Bulgarian politician and general (1882-1969)

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Victoria Wright

Bulgarian badminton player

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Stoyan Ganev

Bulgarian diplomat (1955-2013)

Rayko Aleksiev

Bulgarian painter and caricaturist (1893-1944)

Konstantin Muraviev

Bulgarian politician (1893-1965)

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Artine Artinian

French literature scholar of Armenian descent (1907–2005)

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Atanas Shopov

Bulgarian weightlifter

Georgi Georgiev

Bulgarian judoka (born 1976)

Yordan Minev

Bulgarian footballer

Yordan Bikov

Bulgarian weightlifter

Dobromir Dimitrov

Bulgarian volleyball player

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Theodoros Velkos

badminton player

Georgi Petkov

Bulgarian footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pazardzhik

• Ivailo
  2.5 mi away
• Miriantsi
  2.6 mi away
• Dobrovnitsa
  2.9 mi away
• Aleko Konstantinovo
  3.6 mi away
• Zvanichevo
  4.2 mi away
• Unatsite
  4.9 mi away
• Ognianovo
  5.1 mi away
• Malo Konare
  5.2 mi away
• Krali Marko
  5.9 mi away
• Kapitan Dimitrievo
  5.9 mi away
• Bratanitsa
  6.1 mi away
• Velichkovo
  7.2 mi away

Browse all places in Pazardzhik →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pazardzhik

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-26

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-11

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-08-24

black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Seen 2026-08-24

Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

Seen 2026-08-24

Flat-headed Root-borer

Capnodis tenebrionis

Seen 2026-08-19

box elder

Acer negundo

Seen 2026-08-18

Bermuda grass

Cynodon dactylon

Seen 2026-08-18

Common vervain

Verbena officinalis

Seen 2026-08-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).