Dobrichka Municipality

Dobrichka Municipality Община Добричка
—  Municipality  —
Dobrichka Municipality within Bulgaria and Dobrich Province.
Coordinates: 43°39′N 27°41′E / 43.65°N 27.683°E / 43.65; 27.683Coordinates: 43°39′N 27°41′E / 43.65°N 27.683°E / 43.65; 27.683
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Dobrich
Admin. centre (Obshtinski tsentar)	Dobrich
Area
– Total	1,296.16 km2 (500.5 sq mi)
Population (December 2009)[1]
– Total	24,292
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Dobrichka municipality (Bulgarian: Община Добричка) or Dobrich rural municipality (Добрич-селска) is a municipality in Dobrich Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in Southern Dobruja geographical region. It lies in the central southern part of the province and is not to be confused with Dobrich municipality (equivalent to the town of Dobrich), which is an enclave within Dobrichka.

The municipality embraces a territory of 1,296.16 km² with a population of 24,292 inhabitants, as of December 2009.^[1]

Although the city is not part of the municipality, the administration is headquartered in Dobrich.

Settlements

Dobrich

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Balchik

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Kavarna

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Shabla

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Tervel

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Krushari

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General Toshevo

Dobrichka
(rural)

Dobrichka Municipality within Dobrich Province

Dobrichka municipality includes the following 68 villages:

Altsek Batovo Bdintsi Benkovski Bogdan Bozhurovo Branishte Cherna Debrene Dobrevo Dolina Donchevo Draganovo Dryanovets Enevo Feldfebel Dyankovo General Kolevo Geshanovo Hitovo Kamen Karapelit Kotlentsi Kozloduytsi Kragulevo Lomnitsa Lovchantsi Lyaskovo Malka Smolnitsa Medovo Metodievo Miladinovtsi Novo Botevo Odartsi Odrintsi

Opanets Orlova mogila Ovcharovo Paskalevo Pchelino Pchelnik Plachi Dol Pobeda Podslon Polkovnik Ivanovo Polkovnik Minkovo Polkovnik Sveshtarovo Popgrigorovo Prilep Primortsi Rosenovo Samuilovo Svoboda Slaveevo Sliventsi Smolnitsa Sokolnik Stefan Karadzha Stefanovo Stozher Tsarevets Tyanevo Vedrina Vladimirovo Vodnyantsi Vrachantsi Vratarite Zhitnitsa Zlatiya

Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last two decades. Since 1992 Dobrichka Municipality has become a separate administrative unit out of Dobrich Municipality.^[2]

Dobrichka rural Municipality
Year	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011
Population	---	---	28,710	25,736	25,351	25,066	24,292	...
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] Census 2001,[3] Census 2011,[2] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,??

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• Municipalities of Bulgaria
• List of cities and towns in Bulgaria

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
2. ^ ^{a b} „pop-stat.mashke.org“
3. ^ National Statistical Institute - Census 2001

External links

• Dobrichka municipality website (Bulgarian)