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Also known as Shumen province, Shumen oblast

oblast of Bulgaria

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Shumen is a province (oblast) located in northeastern Bulgaria. It is an administrative region that serves as part of Bulgaria's local government structure.

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Official name
Shumen
Country
Bulgaria
Located in
Bulgaria
Contains
Venets
Capital
Shumen
Population
149279
Area
3389.7
Elevation
248
Head of government
Krasimir Kostov
Shares border with
Sliven
Employees
28
Official website
www.sh.government.bg
Image
Kladenetc 1.jpg
Nominal GDP
2045000000
Licence plate code
Н
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Commons category
Shumen Province
topic's main category
Category:Shumen Province
category for people born here
Category:Births in Shumen Province
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Shumen Province
category of associated people
Category:People from Shumen Province
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Bulgaria
catalog code
43
native label
Област Шумен
email address
mailto:[email protected]
inception
1999-01-08
phone number
+359-54-869-985
street address
гр. Шумен, бул."Славянски" № 30
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43°15′N 27°0′E / 43.250°N 27.000°E / 43.250; 27.000

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.

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