Dulovo, Bulgaria

Dulovo, Bulgaria Дулово
Dulovo, Bulgaria Location of Dulovo, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 43°49′N 27°9′E / 43.817°N 27.15°E / 43.817; 27.15Coordinates: 43°49′N 27°9′E / 43.817°N 27.15°E / 43.817; 27.15
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Silistra
Government
- Mayor	Dr. Mithat Tabakov
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population (December 2009)[1]
- Total	6,621
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	7650
Area code(s)	0855
License plate	CC
Website	http://www.dulovo.info/

Dulovo (Bulgarian: Дулово, Turkish: Akkadınlar) is a town in Silistra Province in northeastern Bulgaria, the historical region of Southern Dobruja. As the administrative centre of the homonymous Dulovo Municipality, it is the third largest town in the province after Silistra and Tutrakan. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 6,621 inhabitants.^[1]

Dulovo, then a village, was first mentioned in an Ottoman document of 1573 as "Akkadınlar", meaning "White Women". Even before the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, it had a mixed population of Bulgarians (settlers from the region of Preslav) and Turks, which is still reflected in the ethnic composition today. Following the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria was forced to cede it to Romania along with all of Southern Dobruja. It was also a district centre of Durostor County under Romanian rule. The village was given back to Bulgaria according to the Treaty of Craiova of 1940. In 1942, it acquired its present name (in honour of the early medieval Bulgarian Dulo clan, with the Slavic placename suffix –ovo). On 30 January 1960, Dulovo was granted town status.

Municipality

Main article: Dulovo Municipality

Dulovo is the administrative centre of Dulovo municipality (part of Silistra Province), which includes the following 27 localities:

Boil Cherkovna Chernik Chernolik Dolets Dulovo Grancharovo Kozyak Kolobar Mezhden Oven Okorsh Oreshene Paisievo

Polkovnik Taslakovo Poroyno Pravda Prohlada Razdel Ruyno Sekulovo Skala Varbino Vodno Vokil Yarebitsa Zlatoklas

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009

External links

• Dulovo municipality website