Shumen Province

43°15′N 27°0′E / 43.250°N 27.000°E / 43.250; 27.000

Shumen Province
Област Шумен
Province
Location of Shumen Province in Bulgaria
Location of Shumen Province in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalShumen
Municipalities10
Area
[1]
 • Total3,389.7 km2 (1,308.8 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2011)[2]
 • Total180 528
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateH
Websiteoblastshumen.icon.bg

Shumen Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria. The capital city is also named Shumen.

Municipalities

The Shumen Province has 10 municipalities. The following table shows each municipality's name, main town (in bold) or village, and population as of December 2009.

Municipality Pop.[2] Town/Village Pop.[3][4][5][6]
(December 2009)
Venets 6,905 Venets 725
Varbitsa 10,492 Varbitsa 3,585
Hitrino 6,423 Hitrino 715
Kaolinovo 12,251 Kaolinovo 1,538
Kaspichan 8,871 Kaspichan 3,260
Nikola Kozlevo 6,381 Nikola Kozlevo 789
Novi Pazar 18,476 Novi Pazar 12,673
Veliki Preslav 15,292 Veliki Preslav 8,951
Smyadovo 7,402 Smyadovo 4,036
Shumen 101,597 Shumen 86,824

References

  1. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  3. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  5. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
  6. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009