Municipality Kazanluk

The municipality of Kazanlak is located at the foot of the Balkan mountains, in the Kazanlak Valley, which is part of the Bulgarian Valley of the Roses, known for its beauty and fertility. It is include in Stara Zagora district. The climate is continental, with an average annual temperature of 10.7 degrees Centigrade. The municipality enjoys not very cold winters and warm and relatively humid summers. Soils are mostly cinnamon-forest in the hilly areas and highly productive alluvial types in the meadows. The population of the municipality is concentrated mainly in the town of Kazanlak.
Kazanlak is the second largest and important municipality in Stara Zagora regional economy. The town has a well-developed machine building sector. Kazanlak is capital of the rose-growing region, the century-long tradition of extracting rose oil and other essential oils are preserved and developed in the production of cosmetics, perfumes, pharmaceuticals and natural health products.
At the are of Kazanluk municipality there are nine Tracian tombs, two of which have world significance - Kazanlak`s Thracian Tomb, which is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and The tomb of Ostrousha mound, the largest Tracian cult tomb, covering an area of 100 sq.m.