Meshtitsa
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Meshtitsa is a village in southern Bulgaria. The village is located in Pernik Municipality, Pernik Province.{{cite web|title= Кметства|url= https://pernik.bg/%d0%ba%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%82%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b0/|publisher=Obshtina Pernik|accessdate=18 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}} Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, Ciuipetlovo currently has a population of 1003 people with a permanent address registration in the settlement.{{Cite web|title=Census, Population of Bulgarian Settlements 2020|url=https://www.grao.bg/tna/t41nm-15-06-2020_2.txt|website=Grao.BG}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Meshtitsa
| elevation_m = 695
| image_skyline = Meshtitsa-village-Bulgaria.jpg
| map_caption = Meshtitsa village on the map of Bulgaria, Pernik province
| coordinates = {{coord|42.666786|N|23.000364|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Bulgaria
| population_total = 35748
| area_code = 07714
| postal_code = 2353
| area_total_km2 = 20.13
| official_name = Meshtitsa
| subdivision_name2 = Pernik Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = Pernik Province
| subdivision_name = Bulgaria
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type = Country
| settlement_type = Village
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Deyan Stanimirov
| image_caption = Meshtitsa village's square
}}
Geography
Meshtitsa is 32 kilometers from the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, and 7 kilometers from Pernik. The river Konska passes near the village.{{cite web|title=Село Мещица|url= http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/pernik/pernik/meshtitsa|publisher=Guide Bulgaria |accessdate=18 March 2025|language=Bulgarian}} The terrain near the village is suitable for agricultural development. The village lies at an average elevation of 695 meters.{{Cite web|title=Information Meshtitsa village|url=http://bg-pochivka.com/bg/meshtitsa/geografiya/gcg-2881|website=bg-pochivka}}
Culture and Infrastructure
Every year a "Surva" festival is held on 13 January in Meshtitsa village. It includes people dressing up with masks and folklore clothing to scare evil spirits away from the village as per tradition.
The people participating in the festival craft their own costumes and masks from animal horns and leather. Occasionally bird feathers are used to decorate the clothing.{{Cite web|title=Село Мещица – Сурвакари|url=https://survakari.com/selo-meshtitsa/|access-date=2021-12-31|language=bg-BG}}
= Buildings and infrastructure =
- Community hall and library "P. K. Yavorov" was built in 1928.
- There is a kindergarten in the village.{{Cite web|title=Регистър на народните читалища -|url=https://chitalishta.com/index.php?act=community&do=detail&id=740®_num=806|access-date=2021-12-31|website=chitalishta.com}}
Ethnicity
According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Bulgaria population census 2011|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-ethnic-loc2011.htm|website=Population Stat}}
| class="wikitable"
| |Number |Percentage(in %) |
| Total
|35873 |100.00 |
| Bulgarians
|35854 |98 |
| Turks
|0 |0 |
| Romani
|6 |0 |
| Others
|0 |0 |
| Do not define themselves
|0 |0 |
| Unanswered
|12 |2 |