The first reported Red Army troops in the region were in Pazardzhik on 23 September 1944, where the Soviet command was headed by Dimitry Gorunkov.

Forests account for more than half of the area (57.1%); the arable land is 35.6%, urban territory is 3.3%, rivers and lakes occupy 2.6%, road infrastructure - 0.6% and quarries and mines - 0,4%.

[6] The climate is transcontinental with milder winter than northern Bulgaria in the lowlands but with very low temperatures and high snowfall in the mountain areas.

In Sredna Gora to the north is the Topolnitsa Reservoir shared with the Sofia Province and a dam near Panagyurishte which is in initial stages of construction.

The Pazardzik province (област, oblast) contains 12 municipalities (Bulgarian: община, romanized: obshtina - plural: общини, obshtini).

[13] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 290,614[7] of which 22.7% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.

Copper extracting industry is of national and European importance with major mines located around Panagyurishte (Asarel Medet), Elshitsa and Tsar Asen.

Machine building industry is developed in Pazardzhik (lead acid batteries), Panagyurishte (optical), Velingrad.

The most important crops are orchards (apples, plums and strawberries), grapes, wheat, barley, rye and rice.

The slopes are covered with dense deciduous and higher up, coniferous forests, dotted with numerous artificial lakes.

The largest one is the Batak Dam, on whose shores are built two resorts: Tsigov Chark and Saint Konstantin as well as many villas and shrines.

Fish is abundant in the dams, including carp, rudd, roach barbel, perch, zander and many others; the mountain streams are rich in trout.

Numerous ruined fortresses are scattered around the province, the most famous of these are Tsepina, Peristera and the ramparts near Bata and Strelcha.

As everywhere in Bulgaria, every town and village in the region is provided with electricity, drinking water, telephone network, Internet connection and the cellular phone services.