In its middle rise two small heights, Gusenets (834 m) and Vesela Mogila, which divide it two parts — the western hilly Mirkovo area and the eastern flat Zlatitsa field.

[1] Administratively, it falls in Sofia Province, on the territory of five municipalities — Anton, Chavdar, Chelopech, Mirkovo, Pirdop and Zlatitsa.

From west to east, between the villages of Bunovo and Anton passes a 44.4 km stretch of the first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas.

3 Iliyantsi (Sofia)–Karlovo–Sliven–Karnobat–Varna served by the Bulgarian State Railways crosses the valley in direction west–east between the two longest tunnels in Bulgaria, Koznitsa (5,808 m)[4] and Galabets (3,034 m).

The municipalities in the Zlatitsa–Pirdop Valley are among the richest in Bulgaria due to copper and gold related industries — mining and non-ferrous metallurgy.

[8] In the village of Mirkovo there is a copper processing mill, linked to the Elatsite mine via a 6.5 km underground rubber-belt conveyor line beneath of the Balkan Mountains.

[1] The tourist landmarks include the Elenska Basilica, a large partially preserved late Roman church dating to the 5th–6th century AD.