Municipality Ihtiman

The Ihtiman Municipality is situated in Southwestern Bulgaria. The relief is mountainous of 600 - 1,100 m altitude above sea level. The municipal center is located in the foot of the Ihtiman part of Sredna Gora Mountain and is at a distance of 52 km to the southeast of Sofia. The territory of Ihtiman Municipality is covered by a number of infrastructure sites of strategic importance to the whole country, namely: Trakia highway, the railway line Sofia - Plovdiv - Svilengrad - Istanbul, international road Е-80, pipeline of Lukoil, Bourgas, and natural gas main. The following third-class roads are of national importance: Ihtiman - Samokov and Vakarel - Panagyurishte.
Two protected areas are located in the Municipality, which preserve beautiful natural species and a centuries-old beech tree forest. The first open-air golf course in Bulgaria owned by Air Sofia Company is in Ihtiman.

2012-02-28 Renewable energy operators want new regulations about the usage of biomass for heating in public buildings (Business)

2010-08-30 Ministries concealed existence of carcinogenic asbestos near village of Belitsa (Ihtiman)? (Accidents)

2010-01-24 2 Chinese companies invest USD 7 M for Photovoltaic plant near Ihtiman (Business)

2009-06-08 Inersnack Bulgaria plans to build crisps factory in town of Ihtiman (Business)

2009-03-30 10 people detained after accidents in the Roma neighborhood of Ihtiman (Accidents)

2009-03-27 Company invests EUR 10 million in support potato production in region of Ihtiman (Business)

2009-03-17 Inersnack Bulgaria invests BGN 18 million on construction of a crisps factory in Ihtiman (Business)

2009-01-22 Biomass power plant for EUR 4M tested in Ihtiman (Business)

2008-11-26 First solar power plant starts in village of Paunto near Ihtiman (Business)

2008-11-05 Solar park will be opened in municipality of Ihtiman (Business)

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