Shumen
city in Shumen municipality, Shumen oblast, Bulgaria
Shumen (Bulgarian: Шумен, also romanized as Shoumen or Šumen) is a city in eastern Bulgaria and is the capital of Shumen Province. In 2018, 75,550 people lived there.
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From 1950 to 1965, the city was called Kolarovgrad.