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Dobrich

Eastern Europe

Dobrich is the ninth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative center of Dobrich Province, serving as the capital of the historical region of Southern Dobrudzha. It lies in northeastern Bulgaria about 30 kilometers west of the Black Sea coast, near popular coastal resorts, and takes its name from the medieval Bulgarian lord Dobrotitsa. The surrounding region is dominated by agriculture, with wheat and lavender oil among its principal products. As of 2024 the city had a population of 69,434 across an area of 109.018 square kilometers.

Facts
Population
68,573 1
Founding Year
1866 2
Founding Year
1501 to 1600 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 5
Sources
1. Dobrich (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 68,573 (2025)
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2. Wikipedia (Bulgarian): Добрич
Wikipedia (Bulgarian)Source text, founding-year: 1866
Quote, Source text, founding-year: 1866
Добрич е основана през 1866 г.
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3. Dobrich (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Dobrich (Bulgarian: Добрич [ˈdɔbrit͡ʃ]) is the 9th-largest city in Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province and the capital of the region of Southern Dobrudzha.
  • History
    When the town was founded in the 16th century during the Ottoman period, it bore the name Hacıoğlu Pazarcık after the Turkish travelling merchant who established the settlement, and to distinguish it from the larger town of Pazarcık (today Pazardzhik).
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, 27.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 43.75, 27.75
43.75 27.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Dobrich - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 726418, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 726418, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
43.56491 27.83138 P PPLA BG 40 DOB28 69434 215 Europe/Sofia
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