Panagyurishte

Panagyurishte Панагюрище
View of Panagyurishte from the Apriltsi Memorial Complex.
Coat of arms
Panagyurishte Location of Panagyurishte
Coordinates: 42°30′N 24°11′E / 42.500°N 24.183°E / 42.500; 24.183
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Pazardzhik
Government
• Mayor	Zhelyazko Gagov
Elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• City	15,275
• Urban	21,430
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	4500
Area code	0357

Panagyurishte (Bulgarian: Панагюрище, also transliterated Panagjurište, pronounced [panɐˈɡʲuriʃtɛ]) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, situated in a small valley in the Sredna Gora mountains. It is 91 km east of Sofia, 43 km north of Pazardzhik. The town is the administrative center of the homonymous Panagyurishte Municipality. Panagyurishte is an important industrial and economic center, the hub of the Bulgarian optical industry and a major copper extraction and processing site. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 15,275.^[1] Panagyurishte is a town of significant historical importance, being the center of the 1876 April Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. The renown Thracian Panagyurishte Treasure was found near the town.