Veliki Preslav Municipality ( Bulgarian : Община Велики Преслав ; former Preslav Municipality , Bulgarian: Община Преслав ) is a municipality ( obshtina ) in Shumen Province , Northeastern Bulgaria , located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan north of the eastern part of the Stara planina mountains. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Veliki Preslav , which was one of the ancient capitals of Bulgaria.
1-424: The municipality embraces a territory of 277.65 km (107.20 sq mi) with a population of 15,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Veliki Preslav Municipality includes the following 12 places (towns are shown in bold): The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification,
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