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Dobrich Province

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Country
  
Bulgaria

Elevation
  
172 m (564 ft)

License plate
  
TX

Population
  
186,016 (Feb 2011)

Municipalities
  
8

Capital
  
Dobrich

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Website
  
dobrich.government.bg

Local time
  
Thursday 9:24 AM

Team
  
FC Dobrudzha Dobrich


Weather
  
5°C, Wind NE at 16 km/h, 92% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Kaliakra, Balchik Palace, Botanic Garden ‑ Balchik, Aquamania, Baltata

Dobrich Province (Bulgarian: Област Добрич, Oblast Dobrich, former name Dobrich okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is divided into 8 municipalities. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 186,016.

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Map of Dobrich Province, Bulgaria

Municipalities

The Dobrich province (oбласт, oblast) contains eight municipalities (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each in December 2009.

Population

The Dobrich province had a population of 215,232 (215,217 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 7001493000000000000♠49.3% were male and 7001507000000000000♠50.7% were female. At the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 199,705 of which 7001238000000000000♠23.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.

The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:

Ethnic groups

Total population (2011 census): 189 677

Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 173 899 persons:

  • Bulgarians: 131 114 (75.40%)
  • Turks: 23 484 (13.50%)
  • Roma: 15 323 (8.81%)
  • Others and indefinable: 3 978 (2.29%)
  • A further 15,000 persons in Dobrich Province did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

    Religion

    Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

    Towns and villages

    The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated as grad). Other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, transliterated as selo).

    Balchik municipality

    Albena | Balchik | Bezvoditsa | Bobovets | Bryastovo | Dabrava | Dropla | Gurkovo, Hrabrovo | Karvuna | Kranevo | Kremena | Lyahovo | Obrochishte | Prespa | Rogachevo | Senokos | Sokolovo | Strajitsa | Trigortsi | Tsarichino | Tsurkva | Tuzlata | Zmeevo

    Dobrich municipality (city)

    Dobrich

    Dobrichka municipality (rural)

    Altsek | Batovo | Bdintsi | Benkovski | Bogdan | Bojurovo | Branishte | Cherna | Debrene | Dobrevo | Dolina | Donchevo | Draganovo | Dryanovets | Enevo | Feldfebel Denkovo | General Kolevo | Geshanovo | Hitovo | Jitnitsa | Kamen | Kamen Bryag | Karapelit | Kotlentsi | Kozloduytsi | Kragulevo | Lomnitsa | Lovchantsi | Lyaskovo | Malka Smolnitsa | Medovo | Metodievo | Miladinovtsi | Novo Botevo | Odrintsi | Odurtsi | Opanets | Orlova mogila | Ovcharovo | Paskalevo | Pchelino | Pchelnik | Plachidol | Pobeda | Podslon | Polkovnik Ivanovo | Polkovnik Minkovo | Polkovnik Sveshtarovo | Popgrigorovo | Prilep | Primortsi | Rosenovo | Samuilovo | Slaveevo | Sliventsi | Smolnitsa | Sokolnik | Stefan Karadja | Stefanovo | Stojer | Svoboda | Tsarevets | Tyanevo | Vedrina | Vladimirovo | Vodnyantsi | Vrachantsi | Vratarite | Zlatia

    General Toshevo municipality

    Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Balkantsi | Bejanovo | Chernookovo | Dabovik | General Toshevo | Goritsa | Gradini | Izvorovo | Jiten | Kalina | Kardam | Konare | Kraishte | Krasen | Kupinovo | Loznitsa | Lyulyakovo | Malina | Ograjden | Pchelarovo | Petleshkovo | Pisarovo | Plenimir | Preselentsi | Prisad | Ravnets | Rogozina | Rosen | Rositsa | Sirakovo | Snop | Snyagovo | Spasovo | Sredina | Surnino | Uzovo | Vasilevo | Velikovo | Vichovo | Yovkovo | Zograf

    Kavarna municipality

    Belgun | Bilo | Bojurets | Bulgarevo | Chelopechene | Hadji Dimitar | Irechek | Kamen bryag | Kavarna | Krupen | Mogilishte | Neykovo | Poruchik Chunchevo | Rakovski | Seltse | Septemvriytsi | Sveti Nikola | Topola | Travnik | Vidno | Vranino

    Krushari municipality

    Abrit | Aleksandria | Bistrets | Dobrin | Efreytor Bakalovo | Gaber | Kapitan Dimitrovo | Koriten | Krushari | Lozenets | Ognyanovo | Polkovnik Dyakovo | Poruchik Kurdjievo | Severnyak | Severtsi | Telerig | Zagortsi | Zementsi | Zimnitsa

    Shabla municipality

    Bojanovo | Chernomortsi | Durankulak | Ezerets | Gorichane | Gorun | Granichar | Krapets | Prolez | Shabla | Smin | Staevtsi | Tvarditsa | Tyulenovo | Vaklino | Zahari Stoyanovo

    Tervel municipality

    Angelariy | Balik | Bezmer | Bojan | Bonevo | Brestnitsa | Chestimensko | Glavantsi | Gradnitsa | Guslar | Jeglartsi | Kableshkovo | Kladentsi | Kochmar | Kolartsi | Mali izvor | Nova Kamena | Onogur | Orlyak | Polkovnik Savovo | Popgruevo | Profesor Zlatarski | Surnets | Tervel | Voynikovo | Zurnevo

    References

    Dobrich Province Wikipedia