Dobrich Province
Dobrich Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is bounded on east by the Black Sea, on south by Varna Province, on west by Šumen and Silistra provinces, on the north by Romania. It is divided into 8 municipalities. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 186,016.
The province was part of Romania until 1940.
Municipalities
The Dobrich province contains eight municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village, and the population of each in December 2009.| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop. | Town/Village | Pop. |
| Balchik | :bg:Община Балчик|Балчик | 21,832 | Balchik | 12,196 |
| Dobrich | :bg:Община Добрич|Добрич-Град | 92,672 | Dobrich | 92,672 |
| Dobrichka | :bg:Община Добричка|Добричка | 24,292 | Dobrich | |
| General Toshevo | :bg:Община Генерал Тошево|Генерал Тошево | 16,714 | General Toshevo | 7,130 |
| Kavarna | :bg:Община Каварна|Каварна | 15,861 | Kavarna | 11,397 |
| Krushari | :bg:Община Крушари|Крушари | 5,296 | Krushari | 1,619 |
| Shabla | :bg:Община Шабла|Шабла | 5,580 | Shabla | 3,586 |
| Tervel | :bg:Община Тервел|Тервел | 17,458 | Tervel | 6,667 |
Population
The Dobrich province had a population of 215,232 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and were female.At the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 199,705 of which 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 : 189 677Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves: 173 899 persons:
- Bulgarians: 131 114
- Turks: 23 484
- Romani: 15 323
- Others and indefinable: 3 978