Rakitovo Municipality

Rakitovo Municipality
Rakitovo Municipality
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rakitovo Municipality in Pazardzhik Province
	Rakitovo Municipality Location of Rakitovo Municipality in Bulgaria
	Coordinates: 41°59′23″N 24°05′12″E / 41.98972°N 24.08667°E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Pazardzhik Province
Capital	Rakitovo
Area
• Municipality	246.44 km2 (95.15 sq mi)
• Urban	166.98 km2 (64.47 sq mi)
• Rural	69.46 km2 (26.82 sq mi)
Elevation	1,298 m (4,259 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Municipality	14,479
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Postal code	4640
Area code	03542
ISO 3166 code	РА
Website	rakitovo.info

Rakitovo Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Ракитово) is a municipality in the Pazardzhik Province of Bulgaria. The municipality consists of three settlements: two towns and one village.

Demography

Ethnic composition of Rakitovo Municipality

Bulgarians (54.66%)

Turks (0.26%)

Gypsies/Romani (15.75%)

No identification (28.96%)

Other (0.35%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Rakitovo was 15,064. Most of the inhabitants (54.66%) were Bulgarians, and there was a significant minority of Gypsies/Romani (15.75%).^[1]^[2] 28.96% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Communities

Towns

Villages

Dorkovo

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.

[1] "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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

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