Dobrich Province
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Dobrich Province Област Добрич |
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| Province | |
 Location of Dobrich Province in Bulgaria |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Capital | Dobrich |
| Municipalities | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Zhelyazko Zhelyazkov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,719.71 km2 (1,822.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population (February 2011) | |
| • Total | 186,016 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| License plate | TX |
| Website | dobrich |
Coordinates: 43°35′N 28°0′E / 43.583°N 28.000°E
Dobrich Province (Bulgarian: Област Добрич, Oblast Dobrich, former name Dobrich okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Southern Dobruja geographical region. It is divided into 8 municipalities. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 186,016.
The Dobrich province (oбласт, oblast) contains eight municipalities (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each in December 2009.
The Dobrich province had a population of 215,232 (215,217 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. At the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 199,705 of which 23.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
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