Mokrishte

Mokrishte (Bulgarian: Мокрище) is a village in Pazardzhik Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006 the population is 2,090. It located at an altitude of 210 m, at 2,5 km to the south west of Pazardzhik and at 0,1 km of the railway-stop/station Sofia-Plovdiv.

Agriculture is efficient and productive with large areas covered with orchards (apples and pears) and vegetables. Livestock breeding is also well developed (sheep). There is a school and chitalishte.

Coordinates: 42°11′N 24°17′E / 42.183°N 24.283°E / 42.183; 24.283

Pazardzhik Municipality

Capital: Pazardzhik

Villages	Aleko Konstantinovo Apriltsi Bratanitsa Chernogorovo Debrushtitsa Dobrovnitsa Dragor Gelemenovo Glavinitsa Govedare Hadzhievo Ivailo Krali Marko Lyanovo Malo Konare Miryantsi Mokrishte Ognyanovo Ovchepoltsi Patalenitsa Pishtigovo Rosen Saraya Sbor Sinitovo Topoli Dol Tsar Asen Tsrancha Velichkovo Yunatsite Zvanichevo

Landmarks	Church of the Mother of God Pazardzhik Clock Tower Pazardzhik History Museum Georgi Benkovski Stadium Church of St Demetrius, Patalenitsa

Culture	PFC Hebar Pazardzhik Videlina Cultural Center

Notable people	Kimon Georgiev Konstantin Muraviev Konstantin Velichkov

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