Panagyurishte Municipality is one of the eleven municipalities of Pazardzhik district.It’s located in its northwestern part. On the north it borders with the municipalities of Mirkovo, Chavdar, Zlatitsa, Pirdop, Koprivshtitsa, to the east – Municipality of Strelcha, to the south – the municipalities of Pazardzhik and Lesichovo and to the west – Municipality of Ihtiman. It covers an area 598.6 square kilometers (13.4% of districts area), placing it fourth among the municipalities of Pazardzhik district – after Velingrad , Pazardjik and Batak.
The Urban network of themunicipality of Panagyurishte covers nine locations – the town of Panagyurishte and eight villages : Banya, Bata, Levski ,Elshitsa, Oborishte, Panagyurski colonies, Poibrene and Popintsi. The average settlement network density is too low – two locations on 100 square kilometers due to the physico-geographic nature of the study area.
30 240 people live In the municipality of Panagyurishte.
The company that defines the structure of S the local economy is Assarel – Medet JSC.