Shumen

Summary

Shumen is a municipality seat^[1]. Shumen ranks in the top 4% of municipality_seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (648 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shumen is located in Shumen^[3].
• Shumen is in the country of Bulgaria^[4].
• Shumen is on the body of water Q12291090^[5].
• Shumen's head of government is recorded as Hristo Hristov^[6].
• Shumen's instance of is recorded as municipality seat^[7].
• Shumen's instance of is recorded as oblast seat^[8].
• Shumen's instance of is recorded as city in Bulgaria^[9].
• Shumen's official language is recorded as Bulgarian^[10].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Debrecen^[11].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhengzhou^[12].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mâcon^[13].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Adapazarı^[14].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kherson^[15].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Podolsk^[16].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tulcea^[17].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brăila^[18].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ternopil^[19].
• Shumen's postal code is recorded as 9700^[20].
• Shumen's Commons category is recorded as Shumen^[21].
• Shumen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Shumen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[23].
• Shumen's local dialing code is recorded as 054^[24].
• Shumen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.274585, 'lon': 26.93486}^[25].
• Shumen's significant event is recorded as Siege of Choumen^[26].
• Shumen's official website is recorded as http://www.shumen.bg/^[27].

Body

Geography

Shumen is in the country of Bulgaria^[4]. Shumen is located in Shumen^[3]. Shumen is on the body of water Q12291090^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+105921'}^[28], {'amount': '+116399'}^[29], {'amount': '+104070'}^[30], {'amount': '+116075'}^[31], {'amount': '+102408'}^[32], and {'amount': '+110704'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality seat^[7], oblast seat^[8], and city in Bulgaria^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shumen include Shumen^[34], a municipality of Bulgaria^[35], in Bulgaria^[36] and Shumen Peak^[37], a summit^[38].

Why It Matters

Shumen ranks in the top 4% of municipality_seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (648 views/month).^[2] Shumen has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Shumen is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Shumen include Shumen^[34], a municipality of Bulgaria^[35], in Bulgaria^[36] and Shumen Peak^[37], a summit^[38].