Glavinitsa, Pazardzhik Province

Glavinitsa Главиница
The Church of St Archangel Michael in Glavinitsa
Glavinitsa Location of Glavinitsa, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°9′26.6″N 24°18′31.53″E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Pazardzhik Province
Government
• Mayor	Svetozar Genov
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (15.03.2024)
• Total	2,199
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	4409
Area code(s)	034 from Bulgaria, 0035934 from outside

Glavinitsa (Bulgarian: Главиница) is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 2,199 as of 2024.

Geography

Glavinitsa is located in central Pazardzhik Province and has a territory of 10.202 km². It is part of Pazardzhik Municipality. It lies just south of the municipal center Pazardzhik at a distance of 4 km. The village is served by the second class II-37 road. Less than a kilometer to the southwest is the village of Aleko Konstantinovo.

Glavinitsa is situated in the western part of the Upper Thracian Plain, about 2 m south of the river Maritsa and just north of the northern foothills of the Rhodope Mountains.

Economy

The village lies in a fertile agricultural area. Crops include grain, grapes, fruits and vegetables. Livestock breeding is also developed.

References

• Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).