Stara Zagora Province
Coordinates: 42°25′N 25°30′E / 42.417°N 25.5°E / 42.417; 25.5
| Stara Zagora Province Област Стара Загора |
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| — Province — | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Stara Zagora |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Yordan Nikolov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 327,576 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | CT |
| Website | sz.government.bg |
Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Област Стара Загора oblast Stara Zagora, former name 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 that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 350,925 inhabitants.
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.
Read more about Stara Zagora Province: Municipalities, Demography, Main City
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