Rakitovo

Rakitovo Ракитово
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Rakitovo Location of Rakitovo
Coordinates: 41°59′N 24°05′E / 41.983°N 24.083°E / 41.983; 24.083
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Pazardzhik
Government
• Mayor	Kostadin Holyanov
Elevation	814 m (2,671 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	8 569
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	4640
Area code(s)	03542

Rakitovo (Bulgarian: Ракитово) is a town in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. As of 2005^[update] the population is 8 952. It is located in the northern part of the Rhodopi mountains at 12 km to the east of Velingrad and 7 km to the southwest of the Batak Reservoir. There is timber industry in the town. People from the region grow crops, lavender, potatoes and barley.

Rakitovo is twinned with:

Coordinates: 41°59′N 24°05′E / 41.983°N 24.083°E / 41.983; 24.083

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