Chirpan | |
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  Chirpan Location of Chirpan | |
| Coordinates: 42°11′59.31″N 25°19′27.87″E / 42.1998083°N 25.3244083°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Stara Zagora |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ivaylo Kracholov |
| Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Population (Census 2021)[1] | |
• Total | 13,391 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 6200 |
| Area code | 0416 |
Chirpan (Bulgarian: Чирпан, pronounced [tʃirˈpan]) is a town on the Tekirska River in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality. As of 2021, the town had a population of 13,391,[1] down from 15,109 in 2013.[2]
Chirpan is located north of the Maritsa River on the Chirpan highlands, southeast of the Sredna Gora mountains. The town is a centre for wineries and viticulture.
- ^ a b "Население по области, общини, местоживеене и пол | Национален статистически институт". nsi.bg.
- ^ "Population by towns and sex – Table data". Bulgarian National Statistical Institute. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015.