Kaspichan

Infobox Settlement
official_name = PAGENAME
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = BUL
subdivision_type1 = Provinces
(Oblast)
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Kaspichan
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Kaspichan
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leader_title =Mayor
postal_code_type =Postal Code|native_name=Каспичан
|subdivision_name1=Shumen
population_total=4019|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2005
elevation_m=106
postal_code=9930
area_code=05327
blank_info=H|blank_name= License plate|
latd=43|latm=19|lats=|latNS=N|longd=27|longm=10|longs=|longEW=E|leader_name=Valeri Valkov (independent)
website=http://www.kaspichan.org/]

Kaspichan ( _bg. Каспичан) is a town in central northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. 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, Kaspichan is an important railway and highway junction linking Varna and Sofia, both through a railway line and the Hemus motorway.

Municipality

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):

Honour

Kaspichan Point on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kaspichan.

External links

* [http://www.kaspichan.org/ Kaspichan municipality website] bg icon