Kaspichan

Kaspichan (Bulgarian: Каспичан, pronounced [ˈkaspit͡ʃɐn]) is a town in central northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is located in the eastern Danubian Plain, some 70 km from the major Black Sea port Varna and around 120 km from the key Danube ports of Ruse and Silistra. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,260 inhabitants.[1]

Kaspichan Каспичан
Kaspichan Location of Kaspichan
Coordinates: 43°19′N 27°10′E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Shumen
Government
• Mayor	Valeri Valkov (independent)
Elevation	106 m (348 ft)
Population  (December 2009)[1]
• Total	3,260
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	9930
Area code(s)	05327
License plate	H
Website	http://www.kaspichan.org/]

Kaspichan is an important railway junction linking Varna with Sofia and Russe, Sofia both through a railway line and the Hemus motorway.

Municipality

Kaspichan is the administrative centre of Kaspichan municipality (part of Shumen Province), which includes the following nine places with a total population of 9,822 (as of 2005):

Kaspichan Kaspichan (village) Kosovo Kyulevcha Markovo

Mogila Pliska Varbyane Zlatna Niva

Honour

Kaspichan Point on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kaspichan.

• 
  The Kaspichan railway station, an important junction in the Bulgarian northeast
• 
  Ruins of the early medieval city of Pliska, the first Bulgarian capital
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  Central Kaspichan
• 
  Police station

References

1. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Kaspichan municipality website (in Bulgarian)