Stara Zagora Province
42°25′N 25°30′E / 42.417°N 25.500°E
Stara Zagora Province
Област Стара Загора | |
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Location of Stara Zagora Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Stara Zagora |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Gergana Mikova |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,151.5 km2 (1,989.0 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2022) | |
• Total | 291,852 |
| • Density | 56.654/km2 (146.73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | CT |
| Website | sz |
Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Област Стара Загора), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country. The province embraces a territory of 5,151.1 km2 (1,988.9 sq mi) that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 350,925 inhabitants.
In the southeastern part of the province on the edge of Radnevo Municipality there is a coal production facility. Between 1934 and 1949, the province included parts of the present Kardzhali Province.