Meshtitsa
Village in Pernik Province, Bulgaria
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Meshtitsa is a village in southern Bulgaria. The village is located in Pernik Municipality, Pernik Province.[1] Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, Ciuipetlovo currently has a population of 1003 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.[2]
Meshtitsa | |
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Village | |
| Meshtitsa | |
Meshtitsa village's square | |
| Coordinates: 42.666786°N 23.000364°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Pernik Province |
| Municipality | Pernik Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Deyan Stanimirov |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.13 km2 (7.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 695 m (2,280 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 35,748 |
| Postal code | 2353 |
| Area code | 07714 |
Geography
Culture and Infrastructure
Every year a "Surva" festival is held on 13 January in Meshtitsa village. It includes people dressing up with masks and folklore clothing to scare evil spirits away from the village as per tradition.
The people participating in the festival craft their own costumes and masks from animal horns and leather. Occasionally bird feathers are used to decorate the clothing.[5]
Buildings and infrastructure
- Community hall and library "P. K. Yavorov" was built in 1928.
- There is a kindergarten in the village.[6]
Ethnicity
According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.[7]
| Number | Percentage(in %) | |
| Total | 35873 | 100.00 |
| Bulgarians | 35854 | 98 |
| Turks | 0 | 0 |
| Romani | 6 | 0 |
| Others | 0 | 0 |
| Do not define themselves | 0 | 0 |
| Unanswered | 12 | 2 |