The village of Samuil lies at a distance of 18 km east of Razgrad. The village is the centre of a municipality with 13 component settlements. The village has a population of about 1 700 inhabitants. The village is located at the foot of the Samuil hills in the eastern part of the Danube Plain on the railway line Russe-Varna. The municipality is specialized in agriculture. The settlement is known under the name of Ashiklar until 1934. On the territory of Samuil have been discovered settlement mounds dating back to the Halcolith, Thracian mounds and remains of an ancient fortress and a settlement.