The town of Tervel (Dobrich District) is located in North-East Bulgaria and is center of Tervel Municipality (25 settlements). It is situated at a distance of 44 km northwest of town of Dobrich. Tervel is mentioned in the Ottoman tax registry books from 1676 and was known under the name of Kurt Bunar until 1942. In the region of the Tervel municipality have been discovered remains from the ancient times and the Middle Ages.