LOCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, POPULATION and NATURAL RESURCES

• Location: Kazanlak municipality is located in the north part of Stara Zagora region. With its total surface area of 634.781 sq.km. it is the second largest among the 11 municipalities of the area, which constitutes 12.31% of the territory of the region.The municipality is bordered to the East by Maglizh municipality; to the South – by Stara Zagora municipality; to the Southwest –by Bratya Daskalovi municipality; to the West – by Pavel banya municipality and to the North – by Gabrovo municipality and Tryavna municipality, Gabrovo district.
• Population: According to the official dataq the population on the territory of the whole municipality was 83 488 and more than 50% of it lives in Kazanlak town.
• Number of settlements: 20
• The central location of the Kazanlak municipality is a prerequisite for fast transport connection, for freight services, for tourism to the other cities in the country. This is a good possibility for effortless production, administrative and business relationships.
  • Kazanlak municipality (NUTS 4) is a part of Yugoiztochen planning region (NUTS 2), defined in accordance to the requirements of legal regulation and administrative acts and European Union regulations- Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS). Yugoiztochen planning region is formed by Burgas district, Sliven district, Stara Zagora district and Yambol district.
  • The relief of the Kazanlak municipality’s topography is predominantly flat land with an altitude between 400 and 450 m (Baltic height CRS for Geodetic and engineering surveying). In the neighborhood there are three of the middle-high peaks of Sredna Stara Planina mountains – Ispolin(1524m), Shipka(1326m) and Buzludzha(1441m). The south part of the Valley is surrounded by the slopes of Surnena Sredna Gora Mountains. The region is not characterized with availability of any mineral resources.
  • Known as the geographic center of Bulgaria, Kazanlak is the capital of the Rose Valley and the Thracian Kings. Every year in May, June and August, the city welcomes thousands of guests from all over the world for the International Festival of Roses and the Thracian Kings Valley Holidays. In the town of Kazanlak are located The Unique Museum of Roses, and the Thracian tomb, included in the UNESCO list of World cultural Heritage.
    
    

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    Contact details:
    KAZNLAK  CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
    12, Knyaz Al. Batenberg Blvd. 6100, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
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