Rakitovo

{{For|the Serbian village|Rakitovo (Jagodina)}}

{{Expand Bulgarian|topic=geo|Ракитово|date=December 2008}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Rakitovo

| native_name = Ракитово

| image_skyline = Rakitovo-chitalishte-Budilnik.jpg

| image_caption =

| image_shield = BUL Ракитово COA.png

| map_caption = Location of Rakitovo

| pushpin_map = Bulgaria

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_mapsize =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rakitovo

| coordinates = {{coord|41|59|N|24|05|E|region:BG|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Bulgaria

| subdivision_type1 = Province
(Oblast)

| subdivision_name1 = Pazardzhik

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Georgi Holyanov

| elevation_m = 814

| population_total = 7 012

| population_as_of = 2022

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = 4640

| area_code = 03542

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3|||

}}

Rakitovo ({{Langx|bg|Ракитово}} {{IPA|bg|rɐˈkitovo|}}) is a town in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. {{As of|2005}} the population was 8,952. It is located in the northern part of the Rhodopi mountains{{Cite book|title = Bulgaria (Other Places Travel Guide)|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ8vWih-rqwC&pg=PA245|publisher = Other Places Publishing|date = 2012-01-01|isbn = 9780982261996|language = en|first1 = Leslie|last1 = Strnadel|first2 = Patrick|last2 = Erdley}} at 12 km to the east of Velingrad and 7 km to the southwest of the Batak Reservoir. There is timber industry in the town. People from the region grow crops, lavender, potatoes and barley.

Some Aromanians live in Rakitovo.{{cite journal|url=https://www.revistadesociologie.ro/pdf-uri/nr.3-4-2014/05-MConstantin.pdf|title=The ethno-cultural belongingness of Aromanians, Vlachs, Catholics, and Lipovans/Old Believers in Romania and Bulgaria (1990–2012)|first=Marin|last=Constantin|journal=Revista Română de Sociologie|volume=25|issue=3–4|pages=255–285|year=2014}}{{cite journal|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/IJSL.2006.029/pdf|title=The Aromânians: an ethnos and language with a 2000-year history|first=Nikolai|last=Kyurkchiev|journal=International Journal of the Sociology of Language|issue=179|pages=115–129|year=2006|volume=2006|doi=10.1515/IJSL.2006.029|s2cid=144939846}}