Shumen Province
Shumen Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria. The capital city is also named Shumen.
Shumen Province
Област Шумен | |
|---|---|
 Location of Shumen Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Shumen |
| Municipalities | 10 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,389.7 km2 (1,308.8 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 180 528 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | H |
| Website | oblastshumen.icon.bg |
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
- (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009
- (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
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