The town of Dobrich is located in the Dobrich district. The municipality is situated in the Danube Plain upon the Dobrouja Plateau - 45 km away from Airport Varna and 35 km away from the Balchik Harbour.
Dobrich is the second largest economic center in Northeastern Bulgaria. The municipality's population numbers 119 814 inhabitants.
The remains found by archaeologists testify that there was human presence on the territory of Dobrich in antiquity and early middle ages.
In the 14th 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 traveling 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 the 17-19 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 oppression on 27.01.1878. It was renamed to Dobrich after the medieval Dobrouja ruler Dobrotitsa with a princely decree of 19.02.1882 (Bulgaria was a principality then).
The town's development during the first decades of 20th c. was influenced by the political vicissitudes resulting from the three consecutive wars which were led by Bulgaria.
Now Dobrich is one of the ten largest towns in Bulgaria - am important cultural, economic and administrative centre in the northeast economic region of the country.
