Peshtera
Sign in to savePeshtera ( , sometimes transliterated as Peštera) is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third largest in the province after Pazardzhik and Velingrad and is the forty-fifth largest in Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the municipality Peshtera. According to the 2021 census, Peshtera has a population of 15,175 inhabitants. At about 5 km to the south, along the road to Batak, is one of the most visited caves in Bulgaria — Snezhanka. Near the town is located the Peshtera Hy
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Peshtera
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Southeast church-tower (7), Peshtera, Bulgaria..jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Peristera fortress overlooking Peshtera
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Bulgaria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province(Oblast)
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pazardzhik
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Peshtera
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- Bulgaria
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- Location of Peshtera in Bulgaria
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- 1
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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- Postal Code
- Settlement.population_total
- 15175
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Peshtera
- Population
- 12618
- Area
- 90.245
- Elevation
- 450
- Image
- Peshtera-court-hall.jpg
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- postal code
- 4550
- Commons category
- Peshtera
- native label
- Пещера
- inception
- 1479-00-00
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Peshtera ( , sometimes transliterated as Peštera) is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third largest in the province after Pazardzhik and Velingrad and is the forty-fifth largest in Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the municipality Peshtera. According to the 2021 census, Peshtera has a population of 15,175 inhabitants. At about 5 km to the south, along the road to Batak, is one of the most visited caves in Bulgaria — Snezhanka. Near the town is located the Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station. The town is well known for producing the alcohol beverage mastika under the brand Peshterska.
==Geography==
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