| Smyadovo Смядово | |
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  Location of Smyadovo | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′N 27°01′E / 43.067°N 27.017°E / 43.067; 27.017 | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Shumen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sevi Sevev |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,036 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 9820 |
| Area code | 05351 |
Smyadovo (Bulgarian: Смядово, pronounced [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.
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.
Municipality
Main article: Smyadovo MunicipalitySmyadovo municipality covers an area of 354 square kilometres (of which 180 square kilometres arable) and includes the following 10 places:
References
External links
Media related to Smyadovo at Wikimedia Commons
- Web page about Smyadovo (in Bulgarian)
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| Capital: Smyadovo | |
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