Sarnitsa (also transcribed Surnica, bg, Сърница ) is a small town in the Pazardzhik Province, southern Bulgaria. it has 3,511 inhabitants. Formerly a village, it gained its town status in September 2003 and since January 2015 has formed the administrative centre of the homonymous

Sarnitsa Municipality Sarnitsa Municipality (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Община Сърница) is one of the municipalities located in Pazardzhik Province. Its administrative centre is Sarnitsa, Pazardzhik Province, Sarnitsa. The municipality was established ...

. Most inhabitants are ethnic Bulgarians and their main religion is

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

. That means that Sarnitsa is a predominantly Pomak settlement. The city has an

ageing Ageing ( BE) or aging ( AE) is the process of becoming older. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi, whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentially biologically immortal. In ...

age structure.

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