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Shumen (Шумен)

General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.9364,Lat: 43.2689
Elevation	199 meter above sea level
Local time	22:04:54pm
Population	81000 (10th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Шумен
Name Subregion	Шумен
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Шумен

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Лозево (Lоzevо)	6.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Дибич (Dibich)	6.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Коньовец (Kоnyоvets)	7.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Мараш (Marash)	7.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Белокопитово (Belоkоpitоvо)	7.7 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	145 km	NorthWest
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	303 km	WestSouthWest
3 Chişinău	Moldova	446 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 79 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Black Sea Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is яз. Тича (21.9 km² at a distance of 23.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 90.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 127 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 39%, hill: 61%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Danubian Plain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Varna Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17 km2

21.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

39.2 km2

49.9%

Urban area

17.7 km2

22.5%

Infrastructure

2 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shumen (Шумен) in country Bulgaria

Shumen (Шумен) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madara Rider	Bulgaria	18 km	EastNorthEast
2 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari	Bulgaria	49 km	NorthWest
3 Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	92 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Shumensko plato	BG	0.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shumen

Type of weather in Shumen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	04:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:33 Europe/Amsterdam