Rakovski (town)

Rakovski Раковски
Military monument
Flag Coat of arms
Rakovski Location of Rakovski
Coordinates: 42°18′N 24°58′E / 42.300°N 24.967°E / 42.300; 24.967
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Plovdiv
Government
• Mayor	Pavel Gugzherov
Elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Population  (Census 2021)[1]
• City	14,679
• Urban	25,326
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	4150
Area code	03151

Rakovski (Bulgarian: Раковски [rɐˈkɔfski]) is a town in southern Bulgaria, in the historical region of Thrace. It is located in the Plovdiv Province. The town is also the centre of the Rakovski Municipality. Rakovski was founded in 1966 with the merging of three villages — General Nikolaevo, Sekirovo, and Parchevich. The new town was named after the prominent Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski.