Pazardzhik is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, Southern Bulgaria.
Pazardzhik is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, Southern Bulgaria. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the homonymous Pazardzhik Municipality. The citywas founded byTatarsfrom what is todayBilhorod-Dnistrovskyiin 1485 on the left bank of the riverMaritsa, near the market of the region, an important crossroad at the middle of this productive region, and namedTatar Pazardzhikmeaning "small Tatar market". Thanks to this favourable location, the settlement quickly developed. While it was very small at the beginning of the 19th century, it became the administrative centre for the region at the end of the century and remained so until the dissolution ofOttoman Empire.
