Dobrich Province

Dobrich Province

Област Добрич
Dobrich Province Област Добрич
Province
	Cape Shabia Lighthouse
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Dobrich Province in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Capital	Dobrich
Municipalities	8
Government
• Governor	Zhelyazko Zhelyazkov
Area
• Total	4,719.71 km2 (1,822.29 sq mi)
Elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Population (December 2022)
• Total	147,208
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	TX
Website	dobrich.government.bg

43°35′N 28°0′E / 43.583°N 28.000°E / 43.583; 28.000

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 bounded on the east by the Black Sea, on the south by Varna Province, on the west by Shumen and Silistra provinces, and on the north by Romania. It is divided into eight municipalities. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 186,016.^[3]^[4]^[2] The province was part of Romania between 1913 and 1940.

Municipalities

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Municipalities within Dobrich Province with their administrative centres

The Dobrich province (област, oblast) contains eight municipalities (singular: Bulgarian: община, romanized: obshtina - plural: общини, 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.

Municipality	Cyrillic	Pop.^[3]^[4]^[2]	Town/Village	Pop.^[4]^[5]^[6]
Balchik	Балчик	21,832	Balchik	12,196
Dobrich (city)	Добрич-Град	92,672	Dobrich	92,672
Dobrichka (rural)	Добричка	24,292	Dobrich	(above)
General Toshevo	Генерал Тошево	16,714	General Toshevo	7,130
Kavarna	Каварна	15,861	Kavarna	11,397
Krushari	Крушари	5,296	Krushari	1,619
Shabla	Шабла	5,580	Shabla	3,586
Tervel	Тервел	17,458	Tervel	6,667

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1946	202,443	—
1956	227,425	+12.3%
1965	236,817	+4.1%
1975	251,072	+6.0%
1985	257,341	+2.5%
1992	232,780	−9.5%
2001	215,217	−7.5%
2011	189,677	−11.9%
2021	150,146	−20.8%
Source: pop-stat.mashke.org^[7]

The Dobrich province had a population of 215,232 (215,217 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female.^[8]

At the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 199,705^[3] of which 23.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.^[9]

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Dobrich Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group			Percentage
Bulgarians			75.4%
Turks			13.5%
Romani			8.8%
others and indefinable			2.3%

Total population (2011 census): 189 677

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[10] Identified themselves: 173 899 persons:

Bulgarians: 131 114 (75.40%)
Turks: 23 484 (13.50%)
Romani: 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:^[11]

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	163,091	75.78%
Muslims	44,277	20.57%
Roman Catholics	322	0.15%
Protestants	241	0.11%
Other	835	0.39%
Religion not mentioned	6,451	3.00%
total	215,217	100%

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

Dobrich municipality (city)

Dobrich

Dobrichka municipality (rural)

General Toshevo municipality

Kavarna municipality

Krushari municipality

Shabla municipality

Tervel municipality

References

^ (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived January 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
^ ^a ^b ^c (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
^ "Divisions of Bulgaria". 2024-04-03.
^ (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
^ (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[phare-1] (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived January 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[pop-stat-divisions-2] „pop-stat.mashke.org“

[divisions-3] (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[population-4] (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“

[statistika-5] (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[pop-stat-6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“

[7] "Divisions of Bulgaria". 2024-04-03.

[NSI_Census_2001-8] (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001 Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine

[NSI_age-9] (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)

[11] (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001 Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine

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