Kaspichan

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Kaspichan Municipality is located central northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province.
It administers 9 places:  Kaspichan, Kaspichan (village), Kosovo, Kyulevcha, Markovo, Mogila, Pliska, Varbyane, Zlatna Niva. 

Roma are located in seven neighbourhoods in Kaspichan municipality: Kaspichan;  Kaspichan (village), Kosovo, Markovo, Pliska, Varbyane and Zlatna Niva. 

Roma are from different sub-groups: some of them have Romani, Turkish of Romanian  as mother tongue, using Bulgarian as a second language. 

The municipality is actively trying to develop project proposals under the Operational Programmes. In recent years there has been active migration to major cities in the country and abroad.
Some of the main problems Roma are faced with:
• A huge number of the population emigrates to Western Europe;
• High unemployment rate;
• A huge number of people do not have health insurance;
• Early marriages.