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 10 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 194,090 inhabitants.
Shumen • Kaspichan • Novi Pazar • Veliki Preslav • Smyadovo • Varbitsa • Kaolinovo • Hitrino • Venets • Nikola Kozlevo Municipalities within Shumen Province with their administrative centresFamous quotes containing the word province:
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