Dulovo ( , , lit. "White women"; ) is a town in

Silistra Province Silistra Province (, ''Oblast Silistra'') is a province of Bulgaria. Formerly known as the Silistra okrug, it is located on the northeast corner of Bulgaria. The province is part of the Southern Dobrudja region, with its largest and major city ...

in northeastern

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, in the

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region. As the administrative centre of the homonymous

Dulovo Municipality Dulovo Municipality () is a municipality (''obshtina'') in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian Plain, in the area of the South Dobruja, South Dobrudzha geographical region, about 25 km ...

, it is the third largest town in the province after

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and

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. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 6,621.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
Dulovo, then a village, was first mentioned in an Ottoman document of 1573 as "Akkadınlar", meaning "White Women". Even before the

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in 1878, it had a mixed population of

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(settlers from the region of

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) and

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, which is still reflected in the ethnic composition today. Following the

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, Bulgaria was forced to cede it to

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along with all of Southern Dobruja. It was also a district centre of

Durostor County Durostor County was a county (''județ'') of the Kingdom of Romania, in Southern Dobruja, with the seat at Dârstor. The county was located in the south-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the southern Dobrogea region, known as Cadrilater. Current ...

under Romanian rule. The village was given back to Bulgaria according to the

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of 1940. In 1942, it acquired its present name (in honour of the early medieval Bulgarian

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, with the Bulgarian placename suffix –ovo). On 30 January 1960, Dulovo was granted town status.

Municipality

Dulovo is the administrative centre of Dulovo municipality (part of Silistra Province), which includes the following 27 localities:

References

External links

Dulovo municipality website
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Silistra Province {{Silistra-geo-stub