Novi Pazar, Shumen Province

Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar, Bulgaria is located in Bulgaria
Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Location of Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 43°21′N 27°12′E / 43.350°N 27.200°E / 43.350; 27.200
CountryBulgaria
Province
(Oblast)
Shumen
Government
 • MayorIvaylo Kamadzhiev
Elevation
156 m (512 ft)
Population
 (31.12.2009)[1][2][3]
 • Total12,673
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
9900

Novi Pazar (Bulgarian: Нови пазар, "new marketplace") is a town in Shumen Province, northeastern Bulgaria, located in a hollow between the Shumen, Ludogorie and Provadiya plateaus, on the banks of the Kriva Reka ("twisting river"). It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Novi Pazar Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 12,673.[1][2][3]