Haskovo Province ( -
Oblast Haskovo, former name
Haskovo okrug) is a
province in southern
Bulgaria, neighbouring
Greece and
Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river
Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of
Haskovo. The province embraces a territory of 5,533.3 km² that is divided into 11 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 256,408 inhabitants.