Shumen Province


Shumen Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria named after its main city Shumen. It is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 194,090 inhabitants.

The Main City

The city of Shumen is famous in the region for the Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria. The monument is in the cubist style and is 1300 steps above the center of the town. Other places of note are the Shumen fortress, Tombul Mosque,and Shumen Plato National park. The center of the town has a historical museum, large library, and large theater. The municipality building, also in the center, has a concert hall that features regular symphony performances. Shumen is also the location of the Shumensko Brewery, a popular beer in Bulgaria. The area surrounding Shumen plays a significant part in Bulgarian History with the first and second capitols of historical Bulgaria within thirty kilometers from the city.

Municipalities

The Shumen Province contains 10 municipalities. The following table shows each municipality's name in English and Cyrillic, main town or village, and population as of December 2009.
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/VillagePop.
Venets:bg:Община Венец|Венец6,905Venets725
Varbitsa:bg:Община Върбица|Върбица10,492Varbitsa3,585
Hitrino:bg:Община Хитрино|Хитрино6,423Hitrino715
Kaolinovo:bg:Община Каолиново|Каолиново12,251Kaolinovo1,538
Kaspichan:bg:Община Каспичан|Каспичан8,871Kaspichan3,260
Nikola Kozlevo:bg:Община Никола Козлево|Никола Козлево6,381Nikola Kozlevo789
Novi Pazar:bg:Община Нови пазар|Нови пазар18,476Novi Pazar12,673
Veliki Preslav:bg:Община Велики Преслав|Велики Преслав15,292Veliki Preslav8,951
Smyadovo:bg:Община Смядово|Смядово7,402Smyadovo4,036
Shumen:bg:Община Шумен|Шумен101,597Shumen86,824

Population

The Shumen province had a population of 204,395 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 194,090 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Ethnic groups

Total population : 180,528
By self-identified ethnicity :
A further 12,000 people did not declare their ethnic group.
Self-identified ethnic group according to the 2001 census :
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

Transportation

Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city.