Panagyurishte

Panagyurishte (, also transliterated Panagjurište, ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, situated in a small valley in the Sredna Gora mountains. It is 91 km east of Sofia, 43 km north of Pazardzhik. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Panagyurishte Municipality. Panagyurishte is an important industrial and economic center, the hub of the Bulgarian optical industry and a major copper extraction and processing site. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 15,275. Panagyurishte is a town of significant historical importance, being the c

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Official name: Panagyurishte
Population: 14901
Area: 32.806
Elevation: 550
Official website: www.panagyurishte.org
Image: Panagyurishte-from-the-Monument-Hilltop.jpg
Dialing code: 0357

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postal code: 4500
Commons category: Panagyurishte

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Contents

Geography
History
Demographics
Population
Religion
Economy
Transport
Education and healthcare
Municipality
Tourism
Places of interest
Museums
House-Museum of Rayna Knyaginya
Panagyurishte History Museum
House-museum Petar Dudekov
House-museum Ivan Tutev
House-museum Marin Drinov
Churches
Church of St. George
Church of St. Bogoroditsa
Apriltsi Memorial Complex
Panagyurishte treasure
Notable people
Honour
Gallery
References
External links

== Geography == left|thumb|View from the Apriltsi Memorial Complex in town of Panagyurishte The town is located in a mountainous area. It lies in the Sredna Gora mountain range. To the north of it, near Panagyurski kolonii, is Mount Bratia (1519 m). The Luda Yana river flows through the town, which joins with its other part after the village of Popintsi to form the Luda Yana River. The railway station is the last station on the Plovdiv-Panagyurishte railway line. Through the town passes the second class II-37 road, which connects the town of Dospat in the Rhodope Mountains through Zlatitsa Pass in the Balkan Mountains with the main road A2 - Hemus motorway (at the village of Dzhurovo, Pravets Municipality). Panagyurishte is the administrative centre of the municipality, which includes 9 other settlements. Neighbouring settlements are: the resort settlement Panagyurski kolonii (15 km to the north), the village of Oborishte (10 km to the west), the village of Banya (11 km first to the south and then to the west), the village of Bata (8 km to the south) and the town of Strelcha (12 km to the east).