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{{Infobox settlement 
|official_name = Varbitsa
|native_name=Върбица
|image_skyline=Varbitca Iz3.jpg
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Bulgaria]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Provinces]]<br><small>(Oblast)</small>
|timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset=+2
|image_shield=BUL Върбица COA.jpg
|timezone_DST=[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST=+3
|map_caption = Location of Varbitsa|
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|pushpin_label_position = right
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|leader_title =Mayor
|postal_code_type =Postal Code
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subdivision_name1=Shumen|
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population_total=3,585|population_footnotes=<ref name="statistika"/>|
population_as_of=December 2009|
elevation_m=430|
postal_code=9870|
area_code=05391
|coordinates = {{coord|42|59|42|N|26|40|23|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
|leader_name=Merdin Bayryam|
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'''Varbitsa''' ({{langx|bg|Върбица}} {{IPA|bg|vɐrˈbit͡sɐ|}}; {{lit.|little willow}}; also transliterated ''Vǎrbica'') is a town in eastern [[Bulgaria]], part of [[Shumen Province]]. It is the administrative centre of [[Varbitsa Municipality]], which lies in the southwestern part of Shumen Province. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 3,585.<ref name="statistika">{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]</ref>

Varbitsa is located in the southeastern [[Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)|Danubian Plain]], at the foot of the eastern [[Balkan Mountains]], on both banks of the Gerila river. The area was populated in Antiquity by the [[Thracians]] and [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], while the [[Slavs]] and [[Bulgars]] arrived in the [[Early Middle Ages]]. It is thought that the first ruler of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]], [[Asparuh]], settled the [[Severians]] in the region of the [[Varbitsa Pass]] in order to guard it in the 7th century. The pass was the site of the [[Battle of Pliska]] on 26 July 811, during which [[Krum of Bulgaria]]'s forces routed the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army, killing and beheading [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Nikephoros I]].

==Municipality==
{{Main|Varbitsa Municipality}}

Varbitsa municipality includes the following 16 places:
{|
| valign="top" |
* [[Bozhurovo, Shumen Province|Bozhurovo]]
* [[Byala Reka, Shumen Province|Byala Reka]]
* [[Chernookovo, Shumen Province|Chernookovo]]
* [[Ivanovo, Shumen Province|Ivanovo]]
* [[Konevo, Shumen Province|Konevo]]
* [[Kraygortsi]]
* [[Kyolmen]]
* [[Lovets, Shumen Province|Lovets]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Malomir, Shumen Province|Malomir]]
* [[Mengishevo]]
* [[Metodievo, Shumen Province|Metodievo]]
* [[Nova Byala Reka]]
* [[Stanyantsi]]
* [[Sushina]]
* [[Tushovitsa]]
* '''Varbitsa'''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Varbitsa (city)}}
* [http://www.varbitsa.org/ Varbitsa municipality website] {{in lang|bg}}

{{Cities of Bulgaria}}
{{Shumen Province}}

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[[Category:Towns in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Populated places in Shumen Province]]

{{Shumen-geo-stub}}

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