Smyadovo is a town in eastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, part of Shumen Province

Shumen Province

-Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Transportation:Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city. The city is also very well connected with Istanbul which serves the large Turkish community in...

. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Smyadovo Municipality

Smyadovo Municipality

Smyadovo Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern Stara planina mountain to the area of the so called Fore-Balkan...

, which lies in the southeastern part of the province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 4,036 inhabitants.

Smyadovo lies in the southeastern Danubian Plain

Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)

The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...

, at the northern foot of the eastern Balkan Mountains

Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan range runs 560 km from the Vrashka Chuka Peak on the border between Bulgaria and eastern Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea...

. It was first mentioned in early Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 times (Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi was an Ottoman traveler who journeyed through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years.- Life :...

 mentions it as Smedovak) and was proclaimed a town in 1969.

Smyadovo Cove

Smyadovo Cove

Smyadovo Cove is a 890 m wide cove indenting for 850 m the west coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered north of Ugain Point and south of the southwest extremity of the small peninsula at Cape Sheffield...

 in Rugged Island

Rugged Island (South Shetland Islands)

Rugged Island is an island long and wide, lying west of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area . The island's summit San Stefano Peak rises to above sea level. Rugged Island is located at...

 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica is named after Smyadovo.

Municipality

Smyadovo municipality covers an area of 354 square kilometres (of which 180 square kilometres arable) and includes the following 10 places:

• Aleksandrovo
• Byal Bryag
• Cherni Vrah
• Kalnovo
• Novo Yankovo
• Rish
  Rish
  Rish is a village in Smyadovo Municipality, Shumen Province, Bulgaria, with a population of 776 as of 2009....
  
  
• Smyadovo
• Veselinovo
• Yankovo
  Yankovo
  Yankovo is a village in Eastern Bulgaria, part of the Smyadovo municipality of Shumen Province. It is located on the Kamchiya river.Yankovo has an area of 34.535km2. The village is 9 km away from Smyadovo, the closest settlement is Byal Bryag across the Kamchiya....
  
  
• Zhelad

External links

• Web page about Smyadovo