Kaspichan

Kaspichan Каспичан
Kaspichan Location of Kaspichan
Coordinates: 43°19′N 27°10′E / 43.317°N 27.167°E / 43.317; 27.167
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Shumen
Government
• Mayor	Valeri Valkov (independent)
Elevation	106 m (348 ft)
Population  (December 2009)[1]
• Total	3,260
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	9930
Area code	05327
License plate	H
Website	http://www.kaspichan.org/]

Kaspichan (Bulgarian: Каспичан, pronounced [ˈkaspit͡ʃɐn]) is a town in central northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is located in the eastern Danubian Plain, some 70 km (43 mi) from the major Black Sea port Varna and around 120 km (75 mi) from the key Danube ports of Ruse and Silistra. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 3,260.^[1]

Kaspichan is an important railway junction linking Varna with Sofia and Russe, Sofia both through a railway line and the Hemus motorway.