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Municipality
of
Pazardjik
is
situated
in
South
Bulgaria,
in
the
central
part
of
the
Higher
Thrace
valley,
on
the
north
of
the
Rhodope
mountain,
at
the
two
banks
of
river
Maritsa.
The
municipality
borders
on
seven
municipalities
of
district
Pazardjik,
including:
municipality
Strelcha,
Panagyurishte,
Lesichevo,
Septemvri,
Rakitovo,
Peshtera
and
Bratsigovo;
also
on
four
municipalities
from
Plovdiv
district
-
Saedinenie,
Stamboliyski,
Maritsa,
Rhodopi.
The
whole
area
of
the
municipality
and
the
relative
part
compared
to
the
territory
of
the
country
are
shown
in
the
following
scheme:
Relief
The
relief
of
the
municipality
is a
flat
country.
Above
sea
level
ranges
from
190
to
370
m,
the
sea
level
for
the
town
Pazardjik
is
205
m.
East
of
Pazardjik
is
the
lowest
part
of
the
field
-
200
m.
under
sea
level.
The
field
is
poorly
to
river
terraces...
because
is
hollow.
This
helps
the
flat
country
characteristics
of
the
Pazardjik’s
field.
The
both
sides
of
the
river
Maritsa
and
its
feeders
have
been
formed
to a
low,
but
not
widely
flowed
ledge.
Here
are
the
best
alluvial
soils
of
the
field.
Climate
Municipality
of
Pazardjik
is
of
propitious
transitive-continental
climate,
characterized
with
summer
droughts.
This
climate
is
transitive,
between
continental
climate
of
Danube
plain
and
transitive
Mediterranean
climate
in
southeastern
part
of
Bulgaria.
The
temperatures
under
zero
in
Thrace
valley
are
characteristic
for
the
most
typical
winter
month
-
January.
Because
of
the
protection
of
Stara
planina
and
the
influence
of
the
Mediterranean
Sea,
the
average
January
temperature
in
Pazardjik
is
below
zero.
The
summer
temperatures
in
Pazardjik
are
lower
than
those
of
Danube
plain.
The
average
temperature
in
July
is
23.3
C.
The
long
summer,
often
from
April
to
October
is
sufficiently
warm.
This
is
suitable
not
only
for
cultivation
of
two
cultures
in
the
cultivated
field,
with
yields
of
grain,
but
also
for
better
development
of
some
one-years
cultures,
growing
in
south
regions
-
rice,
tobacco,
cotton
and
others.
In
the
valleys
physical
-
geographical
conditions
reveal
strongly
to
the
regime
temperature
and
specially
to
the
duration
of
the
winter
and
the
heats.
In
the
Pazardjik
field
during
the
winter,
because
of
the
temperature
inversion
is
colder
and
there
the
winter
is
longer
than
in
the
Sredna
gora
and
Rhodopa
mountainsides
and
spurs.
The
earlier
spring
allows
earlier
sowing
of
summer
cultures
and
late
autumn
is
very
favourable
for
well
ripen...and
gathering
of
grapes,
tobacco,
rice,
cotton
and
others,
so
for
a
good
ripen
of
the
second
cultures.
In
comparison
with
North
Bulgaria,
during
the
spring
the
Pazardjik
field
has
earlier
going
off
of
the
frost,
and
during
the
autumn
-
later.
The
rainfall
in
the
area
depends
of
the
cyclone
winds,
northwestern,
southwestern
and
southern,
northeastern
and
eastern.
Stara
planina
and
Sredna
gora
stand
on
the
way
of
free
penetration
of
the
rainfall
from
cyclone
winds
from
north
and
northwest,
Rhodopa’s
to
the
southern
-
Mediterranean
rainfall.
In
this
way,
for
the
Thrace
valley
there
are
less
rainfalls
than
is
the
average
annual
rainfall
of
Bulgaria.
Because
Pazardjik
is
situated
under
humid
shadow
from
the
surrounding
mountains,
the
annual
sum
of
the
rainfall
is
515
mm.
In
Pazardjik
most
of
the
rainfall
is
in
summer
-
142
mm
(27.6%)
and
in
spring
- 27
%.
The
summer
rainfall
often
is
torrential
and
not
enough
for
the
agricultural
products,
especially
for
the
second
cultures.
Characteristic
features
for
the
Pazardjik
field
are
the
frequent
droughts,
showing
mostly
during
the
second
half
of
July
and
first
half
from
August.
Water
resources
The
municipality
is
abundant
with
water
resources.
Main
catchment
basin
is
the
river
Maritsa
and
its
bigger
feeders
are
the
rivers
Topolnitsa
and
Luda
Yana.
An
important
source
of
water
is
subsoil
and
underground.
They
are
results
of
the
rainfall
and
disposed
in
some
strata
of
the
water-carrying
horizon.
Minerals,
Ores,
Minerals
On
the
territory
of
the
Municipality,
there
are
formations
of
non-metalliferous
minerals.
Most
spreading
minerals,
ores
and
minerals
are
the
dolomites.
They
can
be
found
on
the
northern
mountainsides
of
Rhodopa
-
between
the
villages
Patalenitsa
and
Tsrancha,
south
and
east
from
village
Debrashtitsa.
The
biggest
is
the
spreading
of
marmors
in
the
hills
of
Besapara.
At
their
foot
near
the
village
Ognyanovo
can
be
found
good
exploited
formation
of
limestone.
Here
is
mining
and
producing
the
whole
range
of
inert
materials
on
the
base
of
crushed
stone
(stone
flour,
broken
stone),
caustic
and
hydrated
lime
and
ashy.
In
the
territory
of
village
Velichkovo
are
mining
rock
-
facing
materials.
Some
of
them
are
not
very
well
explored
and
worked
out
formations
from
granite,
scanite
and
gabro.
Plenty
of
the
ledges
are
from
inert
materials
-
river
sand
and
felt,
which
are
not
very
well
explored
and
are
not
in
exploitation.
Economic
development
-
General
condition
During
the
last
ten
years
our
country
undergo
complicated
changes,
which
reflected
to
the
economic
activity
in
the
whole
country
and
in
particular
in
the
development
of
the
municipalities.
The
economic
crisis
from
the
end
of
1996
and
the
beginning
of
1997
leaded
to a
reduction
in
the
production
and
incomes
of
the
people,
which
lay
down
and
the
urgently
initiating
of
the
currency
board.
The
aim
is
to
establish
a
strictly
macroeconomic
discipline,
to
stop
inflation
and
to
stabilize
the
economics.
Because
of
the
competence
utilization
of
the
opportunities
of
the
currency
board,
has
been
reached
a
very
indispensable
macroeconomic
stabilization,
attended
even
with
the
minimum
growth
of
3.5%
in
1998
and
2.4%
in
1999.
In
the
presence,
for
the
economics
in
the
country
as a
whole,
it
is
of a
vital
interest
to
reach
higher
rate
of
growth
by
the
increasing
of
the
competitive
and
outgoing
on
new
markets.
The
expectations
for
the
following
years
are
4 -
5%
percent
annual
growth
of
the
gross
inner
product.
In
order
to
be
reached,
that
and
higher
significant
growth,
it
is
necessary
as a
whole
for
the
country,
so
for
the
separate
district
and
municipalities,
to
mobilize
more
strongly
the
powerful
sides
and
abilities
for
a
stable
rising
development.
The
period
1997
-
1998
is a
critical
for
municipality
Pazardjik
and
the
economics
here,
since
the
same
has
fallen
into
a
heavy
financial
condition.
In
spite
of
the
macroeconomic
stabilization
during
this
period
is
observing
the
Reduction
of
municipal
standard
and
the
reasons
are
complete.
In
line
to
limited
opportunity
on
the
inner
market
for
realization
of
the
production,
the
basic
reason
is
in
losses
of
the
market
positions
in
the
countries
of
ex-socialist
camp.
In
the
same
time
predisposition
of
the
technical,
technological
and
personnel
potential,
to
the
high
requirements
of
the
western
market
turned
out
that
it
is a
comparatively
prolonged
process.
The
municipality
Pazardjik
has
rather
low
gross
inner
product
(GIP)
of
an
inhabitant
(about
90 %
from
the
average
standard
from
the
index
for
the
country),
the
level
of
the
unemployment
is
above
the
average
for
the
country
(16.25%)
and
unfortunately
-
with
signs
of
increasing,
and
the
amount
of
the
monetary
incomes
for
an
inhabitant
is
about
80 %
of
the
average
for
the
country.
These
are
serious
problems
for
the
municipality,
they
can
be
surmount
only
by
active
actions
in
pursuance
of
the
development
strategy.
During
the
last
years,
there
can
be
seen
growth
in
the
activity
of
the
private
firms
in
the
municipality.
That
can
be
explained
with
the
crisis
in
the
public
sector
of
the
municipal
economics,
the
different
speed
of
the
privatization
in
the
separate
economical
sectors,
but
especially
an
important
agent
is
the
appearance
of
the
local
enterprise
for
development
of
the
private
economical
activity.
Important
measurements
of
the
activity
of
the
private
firms
is
the
part
of
the
employment
in
the
private
sector,
which
for
the
Municipality
Pazardjik
is
39 %
and
exceeds
the
average
level
for
the
country
(31.9%),
as
it
is
in
the
incomes
from
sales
by
current
prices,
twice
bigger
than
those
in
the
public
sector
by
the
end
of
1999.
Industry
The
major
activities
and
directions
of
the
industry
on
the
territory
in
the
Municipality
Pazardjik,
created
from
the
enterprises
with
municipal,
regional
and
national
meaning
are
in
food,
wine
and
tobacco
industries
and
equipment
for
the
production.
Food
processing
industry
Production
of
fruit
and
vegetables
canned
food
Because
of a
good
natural
conditions
and
the
high
quantity
of
produced
agriculture
production,
the
manufacturing
of
fruits
and
vegetables
and
canned
foods
from
them
is a
traditional
and
strong
developed
sub-branch
in
the
municipality.
In
the
town
of
Pazardjik
is
one
of
the
biggest
canning
factories
in
the
country.
KK”Maritsa”
owns
a
modern
Italian
equipment,
storage
base
with
cooling
halls
for
conservation
of
the
production
and
has
the
possibilities
to
manufacture
big
quantities
of
fruits
and
vegetables.
In
the
presence
the
factory
is
privatized
and
works
with
decreased
capacity,
because
of
the
lost
markets.
During
the
last
years
are
created
smaller
private
firms
and
they
purchased
and
manufactured
fruits
and
vegetables.
One
of
them
is
“Maris”
Ltd.,
which
exported
its
production
in
Russia
and
Ukraine.
For
improving
the
work
in
these
enterprises
and
to
switch
to
the
higher
quality
of
the
production
is
advisable
to
be
used,
the
possibilities
of
the
program
SAPARD
for
giving
an
opportunity
of
investment
line
for
producing
and
processing
of
fruits
and
vegetables.
By
this
way
will
be
encourage
the
application
of
new
technologies
for
cooling
and
freezing,
long-lasting
conservation
of
fruits
and
vegetables,
mastering
of
technological
lines
for
canning
foods
suitable
to
European
standards.
Diary
industry
In
the
town
of
Pazardjik
works
a
factory
for
manufacturing
butter,
cheese,
and
yogurt
-
“Mlechna
promishlenost."
After
the
privatization,
the
main
problem
is
to
find
out
new
markets
for
realization
of
the
production,
because
only
the
inner
market
is
extremely
not
enough.
An
important
problem
is
an
inculcating
of
new
equipment,
which
corresponds
to
the
standards
of
the
European
union
for
ecological
pure
production.
In
district
of
Pazardjik,
only
one
firm
has
a
permission
to
export
diary
products
in
European
union.
In
many
of
the
villages
on
the
territory
of
the
municipality
are
created
small
diary
farms
and
they
purchased
milk
and
produced
cheese
and
yogurt.
There
are
also
small
farms
in
which
are
breeding
milk
cows.
Many
efforts
are
needed
to
ensure
and
holding
up
the
European
standards
for
quality
of
the
producing
milk
and
diary
products.
In
view
of
the
fact
that“Mlechna
promishlenost”
and
other
diaryings
had
a
sizeable
capacity
and
possibilities
for
producing
of
diary
foods,
they
together
with
their
partners
in
diarying
can
take
an
advantage
of
the
new
opportunities
which
can
be
given
from
the
program
SAPARD
in
the
district
of
improvement
the
production
of
diary
foods.
In
this
program
is
foreseeing
to
be
Given
and
opportunity
of
new
investment
lines
in
the
diary
producing
sector,
the
aim
is
to
be
increased
the
quality
and
hygiene
norms
of
the
producing
the
same
and
doing
better
their
marketing.
Meat
industry
In
the
municipality
worked
different
meat-producers,
including
meat
packinghouse
“M &
M
90”
and
others.
There
are
conditions
for
development
of
the
meat
industry,
because
of
the
presence
of
many
small
farms
for
fattened
pigs
and
calves.
Except
the
big
meat
packinghouse
here
worked
small
slaughterhouses,
they
purchased
animals
from
the
separate
private
owners.
It
is
necessary
to
be
bettered
the
organization
and
producing
of
meat
and
meat
products,
for
creating
of
well-equipped
slaughterhouses.
In
this
area
also
can
be
used
the
possibilities
given
from
the
program
SAPARAD
in
relation
of
investment
lines,
directed
to
increasing
the
quality
of
the
production
according
to
the
European
standards
and
its
competitive
power,
not
only
on
the
inner
market
and
also
for
the
international
markets.
Miller’s
and
rise
industry
In
the
municipality
Pazardjik
works
a
flour-factory
“Melor."
Here
is
producing
rise
and
there
is a
flour
-
mill.
This
branch
is
strong
developed
because
of
the
presence
of
sufficient
by
quantity
and
quality
a
raw
material.
In
the
Pazardjik
field
is
cultivated
rise
and
corn
with
high
quality.
The
presence
of
the
stuff
and
labor
force
preordinated
formation
of
such
factory
in
this
region.
Main
problem
now
is a
strong-decreased
area
with
rise
growing.
For
the
preordination
is
advisable
to
be
revived
a
crop
of
rise
through
building
of
modern
rise
areas.
Wine
industry
Because
of
favorable
climate
and
soils
in
the
municipality
are
growing
different
types
of
wine
grape,
which
is a
precondition
for
development
of
wine
production.
As a
whole,
the
district
is
known
with
many
wine
regions
and
wine
cellars.
In
the
town
of
Pazardjik
works
“Vintechprom."
There
are
delivery
stations
not
only
in
municipality
Pazardjik,
but
also
in
other
municipalities
in
the
region.
Here
are
produced
different
types
of
white
and
red
wines.
An
approval
for
the
high
quality
of
its
production
is
the
awarded
gold
medal
on
the
last
exhibition
for
wine-producers.
The
basic
problem
for
the
factory
is a
shortage
of
enough
quantity
of
grape,
because
of
the
destroyed
vine
growing.
Advisable
is
to
be
searched
for
possibilities
of
building
of
bigger
public-private
partnerships
for
effective
using
the
possibilities,
shown
from
the
program
SAPARD
in
the
area
of
vine-growing.
Tobacco
industry
One
of
the
well-developed
branches
in
the
region
is a
tobacco
growing.
Here
are
cultivated
Oriental
tobacco
and
Virginia.
The
manufacturing
of
tobacco
is
concentrated
in
the
lands
of
the
villages
Tsrancha,
Debrastitsa,
Patalenitsa
and
Aleko
Konstantinovo.
The
tobacco
is
processed
in
“Bulgartabac”
Pazardjik.
Here
is
doing
only
the
primary
processing
of
the
tobacco.
The
processed
fermented
tobacco
is
selling
to
the
cigarette
factories.
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