The city of lime trees and straight streets, of poets and artists – so called Stara Zagora, the administrative center of the district.

It is among the five largest in Bulgaria, located in Central Southern Bulgaria and covers an area of 5,151.1 square kilometers. 4.7% of the total population of the country is concentrated in the district. Two thirds of the population live in the cities, the largest of which are Stara Zagora, Kazanlak, Chirpan, Radnevo. The territorial-settlement base includes 206 settlements, of which 10 cities and 196 villages.

First-class domestic and international road transport connections are crossed on the territory of the district, which connect the northern border of Bulgaria along the Danube River with the southern one, to Greece and Turkey. The traffic flows on the two railway lines connecting the western parts and the capital with the Black Sea ports of Burgas and Varna, and with the southeastern border of Bulgaria with Turkey and Greece are intensive. The routes of the transport Eurocorridors № 4, 8 and 9 intersect here. Two motorways pass through the territory of the district – “Maritsa” and “Trakia”, as part of Eurocorridors 4 and 8, the first class roads E80, E85 and E773 and meridian highways. connecting the area with Eurocorridors 10 and 7. They provide fast and efficient transport of goods for export to the EU or Central Asia, while also being a prerequisite for the development of services and the creation of small and medium enterprises for freight, passenger, information and capital flows.

On the territory of the regional center of Stara Zagora two main telephone optical highways intersect and there is a modern digital network, providing quality telephone connection with the world. Cities have well-developed high-speed internet communication facilities using satellite links, optical highways and optical internal networks. The territory of the whole district is covered by the networks of the Bulgarian mobile operators.

The gasification of the municipalities is of great importance in the construction of the technical infrastructure. The pipeline transport infrastructure is represented by part of the southern ring of the national gas network.