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Location
The
Dobrich-Town
municipality
is
located
in
the
Dobrich
district,
which
consists
of
eight
municipalities:
Dobrich-Town,
Dobrich-Region,
Balchik,
Shabla,
Kavarna,
Tervel,
General
Toshevo
and
Kroushari.
The
municipality
is
situated
in
the
Danube
Hilly
Plain
upon
the
Dobrudja
Plateau
- 45
km
away
from
Airport
Varna
and
35
km
away
from
the
Balchik
Harbour.
The
town
of
Dobrich
is
the
second
largest
economic
centre
in
Northeast
Bulgaria.
The
municipality's
territory
encompasses
the
town
of
Dobrich
and
the
"Riltsi"
district
with
a
total
area
of
1705
hectares.
History
The
remains
found
by
archaeologists
testify
that
there
was
human
presence
on
the
territory
of
Dobrich
in
antiquity
and
early
Middle
Ages.
The
devastating Pecheneg
invasions
of
the
first
third
of 9
th
century
AD
depopulated
the
interior
of
Dobrudja
and
the
life
in
the
settlements
ceased
for
the
whole
period
till
the
end
of
the
13
th
century.
In
the
14
th
century,
a
new
settlement
came
into
being
in
this
crossroad
area
(roads
from
the
Danube
to
the
Black
Sea
and
from
Eastern
Europe
to
the
interior
of
the
Balkan
Peninsula
passed
through
it).
Its
founder
was
the
Turkish
travelling
merchant
Hajioglou.
In
his
honour
and
because
of
the
important
function
of
the
town
and
the
large
food
and
livestock
marketplace,
it
was
named
Hajioglou
Pazarjik,
which
means
"important
marketplace"
in
Turkish.
In
17
th-19
th
century,
the
town
developed
as a
crafts,
commercial
and
agricultural
centre.
Its
culture
took
shape,
its
church
and
educational
work
developed,
girls'
education
was
introduced.
Its
town
planning
started
in
1869.
The
town
was
liberated
from
the
Ottoman
Yoke
on
27.01.1878.
It
was
renamed
to
Dobrich
after
the
medieval
Dobrudja
ruler
Dobrotitsa
with
a
princely
decree
of
19.02.1882
(Bulgaria
was
a
principality
then).
The
town's
development
during
the
first
decades
of
20
th
century
was
influenced
by
the
political
vicissitudes
resulting
from
the
three
consecutive
wars,
which
were
led
by
Bulgaria.
The
Day
of
the
town
of
Dobrich
is
celebrated
on
25
September,
because
on
this
date
in
1940
the
Rumanian
occupation
of
South
Dobrudja
was
ended
and
the
Bulgarian
army
entered
Dobrich.
The
town
bore
the
name
of
the
Soviet
Marshal
Tolbouhin
for
several
decades
during
the
Communist
rule.
The
name
Dobrich
was
restored
with
a
decree
of
the
President
of
19.09.1990.
Now
Dobrich
is
one
of
the
ten
largest
towns
in
Bulgaria
- an
important
cultural,
economic
and
administrative
centre
in
the
northeast
economic
region
of
the
country.
Relief
The
town
of
Dobrich's
territory
is a
part
of
the
Danube
Hilly
Plain,
which
is
characterized
by
flat
and
even
hills,
shallow
and
wide
valleys
with
slanting
slopes,
cut
through
by
the
valley
of
the
Suha
Reka
River,
which
passes
through
the
town.
The
town
of
Dobrich
is
situated
upon
a
plain
terrain.
Terrains
with
a
favourable
incline
prevail
-
from
1.5%
to
6%.
The
incline
at
some
places
on
the
slopes
of
the
valley
of
the
Suha
Reka
River
in
the
south
part
of
the
town
reaches
12-15%.
The
Chorcholiikite
hill
with
a
10-12%
incline
of
the
east
and
the
north
slopes
and
very
slanting
slopes
is
situated
northwest
of
the
town.
The
slopes
of
the
valley,
which
is
situated
eastwards
of
the
North
Industrial
Zone
are
steeper
- at
some
places
they
reach
10-15%.
Climate
The
territory
of
the
Dobrich
municipality
falls
into
the
Temperately
Continental
Climatic
Sub-Zone
of
the
European
Continental
Climatic
Zone.
The
average
annual
air
temperature
is
10.2°С.
The
absolute
temperature
minimum
was
registered
in
January
-
minus
22.7°С,
and
the
maximum
- in
August
and
September
-
plus
39.1°С.
The
springs
are
comparatively
cool,
the
autumns
are
warm
because
of
the
warming
influence
of
the
Black
Sea.
In
winter
the
impact
of
the
northeast
air
masses
is
more
pronounced,
which
causes
the
greater
differences
in
the
thermal
level
through
the
year.
The
precipitation
is
characterized
as
weak
-
averagely
540
mm
per
year,
with
a
clearly
shown
continental
regime.
The
summer
maximum
is
in
June,
the
winter
minimum
- in
February.
80%
of
the
annual
precipitation
falls
in
summer.
Despite
the
comparatively
low
altitude
above
sea
level
the
snow-cover
lasts
up
to
2.5
months.
The
northeast
winter
winds
cause
the
drifting
and
re-laying
of
the
snow-cover
and
its
heaping
into
deep
snow-drifts.
The
region
is
windy,
with
a
low
percentage
of
calm
weather
-
averagely
about
20%
per
year.
The
main
wind
transfer
is
from
the
northwest,
with
a
high
velocity
of
the
winter
winds
and
a
low
velocity
of
the
summer
winds.
The
average
relative
air
humidity
is
78%.
In
the
winter
period
the
humidity
reaches
85-86%,
and
in
summer
decreases
to
68-69%.
Population
According
to
the
data
from
the
census
of
the
04.12.1992,
the
municipality's
population
numbered
119
814
inhabitants.
In
recent
years,
a
lasting
tendency
towards
a
reduction
of
the
municipality's
population,
which
is
typical
of
the
country
as a
whole,
affirmed
itself.
According
to
statistics,
now
109
835
people
live
in
the
municipality.
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