Veliki Preslav

Veliki Preslav Municipality is a municipality in , Northeastern , located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan north of the eastern part of the Stara planina mountains.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: municipality of Bulgaria with 12,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in Shumen oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Gradska Obshtina Preslav”, “Obshtina Preslav”, “Preslavska Obshtina”, “Veliki Preslav municipality”, and “Veliki Preslav Municipality”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palace of Omurtag.

Archaeological site
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
The or Aul of Omurtag is an archaeological site in northeastern dating to Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages located near the village of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Veliki Preslav and Han Krum.

Photo: Evelina Jordanova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in , not far from . It was the site of the second capital of medieval Bulgaria, and now the ruins are a national archeological reserve.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of Preslav, Shumen Province, north-eastern Bulgaria. As of 2022 it has 332 inhabitants. Up to 1899 the village was called Chatalar and was then renamed to Tsar Krum and in 1977 to Khan Krum, after Krum who ruled Bulgaria between 803 and 814.

Village
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Veliki Preslav.

Veliki Preslav

Latitude
43.1833° or 43° 11′ north
Longitude
26.8667° or 26° 52′ east
Population
12,200
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
Open location code
8GM85VM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
727986
Wiki­data ID
Q2219326
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“Veliki Preslav” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “абшчына Вялікі-Праслаў”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі-Праслаў (абшчына)”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікі-Праслаў”
  • Bulgarian: “Велики Преслав (община)”
  • Bulgarian: “Велики Преслав”
  • Bulgarian: “Община Велики Преслав”
  • Bulgarian: “Общинска администрация - Велики Преслав”
  • Catalan: “Veliki Preslav”
  • Cebuano: “Obshtina Veliki Preslav”
  • Chechen: “Велики-Преслав (йукъаралла)”
  • Chechen: “Велики-Преслав”
  • Chinese: “Veliki Preslav Koān”
  • Chinese: “大普雷斯拉夫市鎮”
  • Chinese: “大普雷斯拉夫市镇”
  • Czech: “Obština Veliki Preslav”
  • French: “Veliki Preslav”
  • Georgian: “ველიკი-პრესლავის თემი”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Veliki Preslav Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veliki Preslav”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ولیکی پرسلو”
  • Persian: “ولیکی پرسلو مونیکیپلیتی”
  • Polish: “Gmina Weliki Presław”
  • Polish: “Weliki Presław”
  • Portuguese: “Veliki Preslav”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Veliki Preslav, Șumen”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Veliki Preslav”
  • Russian: “Велики-Преслав”
  • Russian: “Община Велики-Преслав”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Veliki Preslav”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Veliki Preslav”
  • Swedish: “Veliki Preslav”
  • Turkish: “Eski İstanbulluk”
  • Turkish: “Veliki Preslav belediyesi”
  • Vietnamese: “Veliki Preslav”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Ddinesig Dinesig Veliki Preslav”

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Notable Places Nearby

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