Rodopi municipality

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Rodopi municipality (Bulgarian: Община Родопи) is situated in the Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006 the population is 33,111.

It occupies parts of the Upper Thracian Plain to the south of Plovdiv and the northern-most slopes of the central Rhodopi mountains. Its territory is 524,8 km².

The backbone of the economy is agriculture which employs around 80% of the population. Amongst the most important crops are grapes with annual production of 15,000 tonnes.

Villages in the Rodopi municipality:

Belashtitsa Boykovo Branipole Brestnik Brestovitsa Churen Dedovo Hrabrino Izvor Kadievo Krumovo

Lilkovo Markovo Orizari Parvenets Sitovo Skobelevo Tsalapitsa Ustina Yagodovo Zlatitrap