Shumen

Summary

Shumen is a municipality seat^[1]. Shumen ranks in the top 4% of municipality_seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 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 image is recorded as Shumen, Bulgaria - panoramio (4).jpg^[7].
• Shumen's instance of is recorded as municipality seat^[8].
• Shumen's instance of is recorded as oblast seat^[9].
• Shumen's instance of is recorded as city in Bulgaria^[10].
• Shumen's official language is recorded as Bulgarian^[11].
• Shumen's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shumen.svg^[12].
• Shumen's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Shumen.svg^[13].
• Shumen's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Shumen.svg^[14].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Debrecen^[15].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhengzhou^[16].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mâcon^[17].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Adapazarı^[18].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kherson^[19].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Podolsk^[20].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tulcea^[21].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brăila^[22].
• Shumen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ternopil^[23].
• Shumen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141900715^[24].
• Shumen's GND ID is recorded as 4096718-9^[25].
• Shumen's locator map image is recorded as Shumen location in Bulgaria.png^[26].
• Shumen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81035382^[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^[8], oblast seat^[9], and city in Bulgaria^[10].

Cultural Significance

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

Why It Matters

Shumen ranks in the top 4% of municipality_seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 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 Peak^[34], a summit^[35] and Shumen^[36], a municipality of Bulgaria^[37], in Bulgaria^[38].