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Stara Zagora Province
Област Стара Загора | |
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 Location of Stara Zagora Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Stara Zagora |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Gergana Mikova |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,151.5 km2 (1,989.0 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 291,852 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | CT |
| Website | sz.government.bg |
Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Област Стара Загора), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country. The province embraces a territory of 5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi)[1] that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 350,925 inhabitants.[2][3][4]
In the southeastern part of the province on the edge of Radnevo Municipality there is a coal production facility. Between 1934 and 1949, the province included parts of the present Kardzhali Province.[5]
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ http://www.visittobulgaria.com/visit/dir.asp?d=0-8-Ardino History of Ardino