Rakitovo

Rakitovo Ракитово
Coat of arms of Rakitovo Coat of arms
Rakitovo Location of Rakitovo
Coordinates:
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Pazardzhik
Government
• Mayor	Angel Govedarski
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 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 Dam. There is timber industry in the town. People from the region grow crops, lavender, potatoes and barley.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania

Twin towns — Sister cities

Rakitovo is twinned with:

• Svetlograd, Russia