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Dobrich Municipality is located in northeastern Bulgaria and is part of a district with administrative center Dobrich. It is the largest in the country and borders four municipalities in Dobrich / Gen. Toshevo, Krushari, Balchik and Tervel / and two in Varna / Valchi Dol and Aksakovo /. The municipality is located in the lands of South Dobrudja on a hilly plain, with an average altitude of 240 m. The prevailing climate is temperate-continental, characterized by cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is 10.1 оС. The amount of precipitation is relatively small - 571 l / sq.m. The relative humidity is 78% average per year, with a low percentage of quiet weather and favorable wind conditions.

Dobrich Municipality was established by Decree №3005 of the State Council for Administrative-Territorial Changes in the country from 09.10.1987. The municipality includes 68 settlements: Alcek, Batovo, Benkovski, Bozhurovo, Branishte, Vedrina, Vladimirovo, Vodnyantsi, Dolina, Donchevo, Draganovo, Enevo, Zhitnitsa, Kamen, Karapelit, Kozloduytsi, Kotlentsi, Lovchantsi, Lomnitsa, Lyaskovo, Metodievo, Ovcharovo, Odrintsi, Odartsi, Paskalevo, Plachidol, Pobeda, Shelter, Colonel Minkovo, Pchelino, Roseltsove, Svoboda, Svoboda , Stefan Karadja, Stefanovo, Stozher, Tyanevo, Feldfebel Dyankovo, Hitovo, Tsarevets, Cherna, Bdintsi, Bogdan, Vratarite, Vrachantsi, General Kolevo, Debrene, Dobrevo, Dryanovets, Zlatiya, Kragulevo, Malka Smolnitsa, Medovo, Miladinov Opanets, Orlova Mogila, Colonel Sveshtarovo, Popgrigorovo, Geshanovo, Primortsi, Prilep, Pchelnik, Colonel Ivanovo, Samuilovo, Sokolnik. They are located as a ring around the municipal and regional center at a maximum distance of 30 to 35 km. 27 of them are town halls and 41 are settlements with deputy mayors.

The population is about 26,000 people - Bulgarians, Turks, Roma, Tatars, Armenians. The region has an ethnocultural appearance. Each ethnoculture, preserving and developing its identity, at the same time contributes to building the general cultural traditions of the area. The administrative-territorial structure of the municipality of Dobrich is unconventional given the fact that there is no natural administrative center, where all settlements are placed on an equal footing.

The region of Eastern Dobrudja in Bulgaria covers the territory with borders: to the north - the Danube, to the east - the Black Sea and to the southwest - Ludogorie. This is the most fertile part of the Danube plain, offering conditions for the development of ecological agriculture, processing and light industry. An advantage of the region is the easy access to the interior of Bulgaria and to markets in neighboring Romania. The Danube River is a natural waterway that connects us with 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The region also has direct access to the Black Sea ports of Varna / Bulgaria / and Constanta / Romania /. In the eastern part near the Black Sea is the transport highway Europe 87, connecting our country with Northeastern Europe and Turkey. Two main railway lines pass through the territory of Dobrich Municipality, which carry goods from the ports of the Danube and the Black Sea to Sofia and the southern Balkan countries. In the immediate vicinity of the region is Varna Airport, and only 210 km from the border with Romania is Bucharest International Airport. The region offers hundreds of acres of fertile land, ecologically clean and carefully managed. The municipality is located on 1296 sq. Km, as the total area of arable land is 1090 sq. Km, forests - 193 sq. Km, water areas / dams - - 2.5 sq. Km, roads - 9.5 sq. Km. The relief is flat and extremely favorable for the development of modern agriculture and other activities. The transport network in the municipality has a total length of 439 km, including:
IV class road network - 202.7 km
III class road network - 86.8 km
Second class road network - 149.5 km

Agriculture is the most important part of the municipality's economy. The region is one of the largest producers of agricultural products in the country. The livelihood for most of the centuries to this day is associated with agriculture and animal husbandry, concentrated mainly in agricultural cooperatives, tenants and tenants, private farmers. Favorable climatic and soil conditions determine the economy of the region, which is a traditional producer of wheat, sunflower, corn and other crops. A promising direction is the greenhouse production of vegetables, which along with some technical crops has the potential for future development by increasing the occupied areas and diversifying the crops grown.

The structure of the industry in the municipality is determined by the sub-sectors food - production of edible oils and sausages /, light industry / women's clothing, footwear and leather products / and mechanical engineering / production of car filters /.

The territory of the municipality is poor in water resources. In the south-north direction passes the valley of the river Suha, which with its adjacent dry valleys, rocks and rock crowns is a unique natural and archaeological landmark in South Dobrudja. The canyon by the river connects 8 settlements. This is a real oasis, preserving the biological diversity of wildlife in a predominantly agricultural plain area. The landmark arouses the interest of ecologists, archaeologists, local historians. Many studies have been done that provide sufficient grounds for the development of this landmark as an object of ecological and cultural tourism. There is one protected area in the municipality - "Orlova Mogila", characterized by the presence of peony and remnants of steppe forests in South Dobrudja.

The valley of the Batovska River, as well as the clean nature, forests and hunting stocks, the presence of a fishpond, conditions for rural tourism, hunting and photo safaris create interest of other companies to develop tourist activity, taking advantage of the proximity of Albena and Golden Sands. . Around this valley begins a gradual expansion of sites in the direction of Batovo and Tyulyushnoto gorge. In the areas around the villages of Karapelit, Kragulevo, Odartsi, Debrene and Prilep are of interest the remains of fossils, old Roman and Byzantine fortresses dating from the 4th-6th century, and rock churches - Scythians.