Official Name In Turkish (Smedovak) And Was Proclaimed A Town In 1969.: | Smyadovo |
Native Name: | Смядово |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
Subdivision Name1: | Shumen |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Smyadovo |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sevi Sevev |
Population Total: | 4,036 |
Population As Of: | December 2009 |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 9820 |
Area Code: | 05351 |
Coordinates: | 43.0667°N 28°W |
Smyadovo (Bulgarian: Смядово, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈsmʲadovo/; ISO transliterated Smjadovo) is a town in eastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Smyadovo Municipality, which lies in the southeastern part of the province. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 4,036.[1]
The operatic mezzo soprano Alexandrina Miltcheva was born in Smyadovo on 27 November 1934.
Smyadovo lies in the southeastern Danubian Plain, at the northern foot of the eastern Balkan Mountains. It was first mentioned in early Ottoman times (Evliya Çelebi mentions it as Smedovak) and was proclaimed a town in 1969.
Smyadovo Cove in Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Smyadovo.
See main article: Smyadovo Municipality.
Smyadovo municipality covers an area of 354 square kilometres (of which 180 square kilometres arable) and includes the following 10 places: