title: Elshitsa
text: # Elshitsa
  
  Elshitsa (Bulgarian: Елшица) is a village in the Panagyurishte municipality, western Bulgaria, with 574 inhabitants as of 2018.
  
  The region has seen substantial mining, including the Elshitsa epithermal deposit, a large open-pit copper mine active between 1928 and 1999.
  
  