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Shumen Province
Област Шумен | |
|---|---|
 Shumen Plateau | |
 Flag | |
 Location of Shumen Province in Bulgaria | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Shumen |
| Municipalities | 10 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Dobromir Dobrev |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,389.7 km2 (1,308.8 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 149,628 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| License plate | H |
| Website | oblastshumen.icon.bg |
Shumen Province (Bulgarian: Област Шумен, transliterated Oblast Shumen, former name Shumen okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria named after its main city Shumen. It is divided into ten municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 194,090 inhabitants.[2][3][4]
Municipalities within Shumen Province with their administrative centres
- ^ (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“