Rakitovo
title: "Rakitovo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-bulgaria", "cities-and-towns-in-the-rhodopes", "populated-places-in-pazardzhik-province", "aromanian-settlements-in-bulgaria"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakitovo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Rakitovo |
| native_name | Ракитово |
| image_skyline | Rakitovo-chitalishte-Budilnik.jpg |
| image_shield | BUL Ракитово COA.png |
| map_caption | Location of Rakitovo |
| pushpin_map | Bulgaria |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Rakitovo |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Bulgaria |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| (Oblast) | |
| subdivision_name1 | Pazardzhik |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Georgi Holyanov |
| elevation_m | 814 |
| population_total | 7 012 |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | 4640 |
| area_code | 03542 |
| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +2 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +3 |
| :: |
| official_name = Rakitovo | native_name = Ракитово | image_skyline = Rakitovo-chitalishte-Budilnik.jpg | image_caption = | image_shield = BUL Ракитово COA.png | map_caption = Location of Rakitovo | pushpin_map = Bulgaria | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rakitovo | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Bulgaria | subdivision_type1 = Province (Oblast) | subdivision_name1 = Pazardzhik | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Georgi Holyanov | elevation_m = 814 | population_total = 7 012 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 4640 | area_code = 03542 | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3||| Rakitovo ( ) is a town in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. the population was 8,952. It is located in the northern part of the Rhodopi mountains at 12 km to the east of Velingrad and 7 km to the southwest of the Batak Reservoir. There is timber industry in the town. People from the region grow crops, lavender, potatoes and barley.
Some Aromanians live in Rakitovo.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Rakitovo is twinned with:
- RUS Svetlograd, Russia
References
References
- (2012-01-01). "Bulgaria (Other Places Travel Guide)". Other Places Publishing.
- Constantin, Marin. (2014). "The ethno-cultural belongingness of Aromanians, Vlachs, Catholics, and Lipovans/Old Believers in Romania and Bulgaria (1990–2012)". Revista Română de Sociologie.
- Kyurkchiev, Nikolai. (2006). "The Aromânians: an ethnos and language with a 2000-year history". [[International Journal of the Sociology of Language]].
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