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Shumen

municipality in Shumen oblast, Bulgaria
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Shumen

Summary

Shumen is a municipality of Bulgaria[1]. Shumen ranks in the top 8% of municipality_of_bulgaria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shumen is located in Shumen[3].
  • Shumen is in the country of Bulgaria[4].
  • Shumen's head of government is recorded as Hristo Hristov[5].
  • Shumen's instance of is recorded as municipality of Bulgaria[6].
  • Shumen's capital is recorded as Shumen[7].
  • Shumen's shares border with is recorded as Hitrino[8].
  • Shumen's shares border with is recorded as Kaspichan[9].
  • Shumen's shares border with is recorded as Veliki Preslav[10].
  • Shumen's shares border with is recorded as Smyadovo[11].
  • Shumen is named after Shumen[12].
  • Shumen's Commons category is recorded as Shumen Municipality[13].
  • Shumen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[14].
  • Shumen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[15].
  • Shumen's catalog code is recorded as 505[16].
  • Shumen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.21666667, 'lon': 26.98333333}[17].
  • Shumen's official website is recorded as http://www.oblastshumen.icon.bg/en/[18].
  • Shumen's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][19].
  • Shumen's described at URL is recorded as https://iisda.government.bg/ras/executive_power/organigram_municipality_administration/505[20].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+101597'}[21].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+109855'}[22].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+104002'}[23].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+103142'}[24].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+102429'}[25].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+101968'}[26].
  • Shumen has a population of {'amount': '+101515'}[27].

Body

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Шумен'}[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shumen'}[29].

Why It Matters

Shumen ranks in the top 8% of municipality_of_bulgaria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] Shumen has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Shumen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Bulgaria Govdirectory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . iisda.government.bg. iisda.government.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . register of administrative structures of Bulgaria. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · BGPopBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+652.29'}
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Bulgaria
    Employees → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P1082]], nsi-population: add 2025 population (NSI demographics, preferred)"
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