Shumen: facts

At a glance

• Country: Bulgaria
• Region: Shumen
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 72,342
• Coordinates: 43.2706° N, 26.9229° E
• Time zone: Europe/Sofia (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Lev (BGN)
• Distance to the capital, Sofia: 300 km (186 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Varna Airport (VAR): 73 km (45 mi), straight line
• Burgas Airport (BOJ): 92 km (57 mi), straight line
• Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU, Romania): 152 km (94 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Zlatna Niva: 17 km (11 mi)
• Zvegor: 17 km (11 mi)
• Zlatar: 19 km (12 mi)
• Kaspichan: 20 km (13 mi)
• Zhivkovo: 22 km (14 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Varna, 80 km (50 mi)