Batak Municipality

Municipality in Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

Coat of arms

Location of Batak Municipality in Pazardzhik Province

42°57′00″N 24°13′01″E / 42.95000°N 24.21694°E / 42.95000; 24.21694Country

BulgariaProvincePazardzhik ProvinceCapitalBatakArea

• Total677.31 km² (261.51 sq mi)Elevation

1,781 m (5,843 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total6,144 • Density9.1/km² (23/sq mi)ZIP code

4580

Area code03553

Batak Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Батак) is a municipality in the Pazardzhik Province of Bulgaria.

Demography

Ethnic composition of Batak Municipality

Bulgarians (53.46%)

Turks (38.4%)

Gypsies/Romani (3.43%)

No identification (4.6%)

Other (0.14%)

At the 2011 census, the population of Batak was 6,144. Most of the inhabitants (53.46%) were Bulgarians, and there were significant minorities of Gypsies/Romani (3.43%) and Turks (38.34%).^[1]^[2] 4.6% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Communities

Towns

Batak

Villages

Fotinovo
Nova Mahala

References

^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Ethnic Composition of Bulgaria 2011". National Institute of Statistics of Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.