Kaspichan
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Kaspichan Каспичан |
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 Kaspichan
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| Coordinates: 43°19′N 27°10′E / 43.317°N 27.167°ECoordinates: 43°19′N 27°10′E / 43.317°N 27.167°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
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Provinces (Oblast) |
Shumen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valeri Valkov (independent) |
| Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
| Population (December 2009) | |
| • Total | 3,260 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 9930 |
| Area code(s) | 05327 |
| License plate | H |
| Website | http://www.kaspichan.org/] |
Kaspichan (Bulgarian: Каспичан) 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 Rousse and Silistra. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,260 inhabitants.
Kaspichan is an important railway junction linking Varna with Sofia and Russe, Sofia both through a railway line and the Hemus motorway.
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 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
Central Kaspichan
Police station
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