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Danube–Black Sea Canal
The Danube–Black Sea Canal ( ro, Canalul Dunăre–Marea Neagră) is a navigable canal in Romania, which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube river, via two branches, to Constanța and Năvodari on the Black Sea. Administered from Agigea, it is an important part of the waterway link between the North Sea and the Black Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. The main branch of the canal, with a length of , which connects the Port of Cernavodă with the Port of Constanța, was built in 1976–1984, while the northern branch, known as the Poarta Albă–Midia Năvodari Canal, with a length of , connecting Poarta Albă and the Port of Midia, was built between 1983 and 1987. Although the idea of building a navigable canal between the Danube and the Black Sea is old, the first concrete attempt was made between 1949 and 1953, when the communist authorities of the time used this opportunity to eliminate political opponents, so the canal became notorious as the site of labor cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanța County
Constanța () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 684,082 and the population density was 96/km2. The degree of urbanization is much higher (about 75%) than the Romanian average. In recent years the population trend is: The majority of the population are Romanians. There are important communities of Turks and Tatars, remnants of the time of Ottoman rule. Currently the region is the centre of the Muslim minority in Romania. A great number of Aromanians have migrated to Dobruja in the last century, and they consider themselves a cultural minority rather than an ethnic minority. There are also Romani. Geography *Călărași County and Ialomița County are to the west. *Tulcea County and Brăila County are to the north. *Bulgaria ( Dobrich Province and Silistra Province) are to the south. Economy The predominant industries in the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Prisoner
A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although numerous similar definitions have been proposed by various organizations and scholars, and there is a general consensus among scholars that "individuals have been sanctioned by legal systems and imprisoned by political regimes not for their violation of codified laws but for their thoughts and ideas that have fundamentally challenged existing power relations". The status of a political prisoner is generally awarded to individuals based on declarations of non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International, on a case-by-case basis. While such status are often widely recognized by the international public opinion, they are often rejected by individual governments accused of holding political prisoners, which tend to deny any bias in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidiu
Ovidiu (, historical name: ''Canara'', tr, Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanța retire there. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program. In 1930, the town was renamed ''Ovidiu'' after the Roman poet Ovid ( lat, Ovidius). He was supposedly buried on a nearby small island (also called ''Ovidiu'') in the Siutghiol Lake. Administration The town of Ovidiu administers the villages of Poiana (historical names: ''Cocoșul'' - until 1964, tr, Horozlar - until 1926) and Culmea. The latter was established in 2011 by legally separating from Ovidiu two territorially distinct communities, Social Group Culmea and Social Group Nazarcea. Sport The stadium of FC Viitorul Constanța is located in Ovidiu. Demographics At the 2011 census, Ovidiu had 11,240 Romanians ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumina, Constanța
Lumina (Romanian for "the light") is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune includes three villages: * Lumina (historical names: ''Valea Neagră'' (until 1965); ''Cogealia'', ''Kogea-Ali'' (until 1929) - tr, Kocaali, german: Kodschalie) * Oituz - established in 1926, named after Oituz (Bacău County) * Sibioara (historical name: ''Cicrâcci'', tr, Çıkrıkçı) Demographics At the 2011 census, Lumina had 7,619 Romanians (93.82%), 104 Roma (1.28%), 95 Turks (1.17%), 282 Tatars (3.47%), 4 Aromanians (0.05%), 17 others (0.21%). A large community of Csángó Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the ... lives in the village of Oituz. References Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Consta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumpăna
Cumpăna is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Administration The commune includes the village with the same name, Cumpăna (historical name: Hașiduluc, tr, Haşiduluk). The village was mentioned under the name ''Hașiduluc'' for the first time in 1870 by Ion Ionescu de la Brad in his work "''Excursion agricole dans la plaine de la Dobroudja''". It was renamed to ''Cumpăna'' in 1926. Although still mentioned in the official documents as part of the Cumpăna commune, the village of Straja (historical name: ''Mahometcea'', tr, Mehmedçay) was abandoned to make way for the Danube-Black Sea Canal and its population moved to Cumpăna. Cumpăna Village HallHistory of the Cumpăna commune accessed on February 22, 2012 Demographics At the 2011 census, Cumpăna had 10,732 Romanians (92.06%), 5 Hungarians (0.04%), 210 Roma (1.80%), 7 Germans (0.06%), 510 Turks (4.37%), 168 Tatars (1.44%), 5 Lipovans (0.04%), 21 others (0.18%). Latest developments In the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murfatlar
Murfatlar () is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program. Etymology The name of the town originates from the Turkish word of Arabic origin ''murvet'' (meaning "generous man"). Between 1921 and 1965, and from 1975 to 2007, the locality was known as ''Basarabi''. On June 26, 2007 the lower house of Romania's Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, approved a proposal to have the name changed back to Murfatlar, which was also ratified by the Senate and promulgated by the president of Romania on December 20, 2007. Administration Murfatlar is a port on the Danube–Black Sea Canal and has a population of 11,070. A complex of caves was found carved in the hills nearby, see the Basarabi Cave Complex. The village of Siminoc (historical name: ''Turc-Murfat'') is administered by the town of Murfatlar. The name of the village comes from the flower Helichrysum arenarium (''siminoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medgidia (river)
The Medgidia (also: ''Valea Medgidiei'') is a small river in Constanța County, Romania. It discharges into the Danube–Black Sea Canal in Remus Opreanu Remus Opreanu (September 22, 1844 – October 23, 1908) was a Romanian jurist and politician. After studying for a year at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Law, he continued in 1865 at the University of Paris, obtaining an undergraduat .... Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Constanța County Rivers of Romania {{Constanța-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisipari (river)
The Nisipari is a small river in Constanța County, Romania. It discharges into the Danube–Black Sea Canal The Danube–Black Sea Canal ( ro, Canalul Dunăre–Marea Neagră) is a navigable canal in Romania, which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube river, via two branches, to Constanța and Năvodari on the Black Sea. Administered from Agigea, it ... near the village Nisipari. Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Constanța County Rivers of Romania {{Constanța-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agi Cabul
The Agi Cabul is a river in Constanța County, Romania. It discharges into the Danube–Black Sea Canal in Medgidia. Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Constanța County Rivers of Romania {{Constanța-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelu
Castelu is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune includes two villages: * Castelu (historical name: ''Chiostel'', tr, Köstel) * Nisipari (historical name: ''Caratai'', tr, Karatay, german: Karatai) Castelu is located in the central part of the county, along the Danube–Black Sea Canal. Demographics At the 2011 census, Castelu had 3,453 Romanians (77.08%), 340 Roma (7.59%), 509 Turks (11.36%), 165 Tatars (3.68%), 6 Aromanians (0.13%), 7 others (0.16%). Gallery File:ScytianBowl.JPG, Scythian The Scythians or Scyths, and sometimes also referred to as the Classical Scythians and the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern * : "In modern scholarship the name 'Sakas' is reserved for the ancient tribes of northern and eastern Centra ... bowl, 5th century BC, found at Castelu. In display at the Museum of National History in Constanța References Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanța-geo-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medgidia
Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since the Neolithic period. Starting with 46 BC the region was administered by the Roman Empire. A castrum was built in the Carasu Valley, becoming the cradle of the settlement. In 1417, the Turks invaded Dobruja. From the 15th century onwards, the region started to be colonized with a Muslim population. The settlement named "Karasu" (Turkish for "Black Water") was mentioned on the map of Iehuda ben Zara in 1497, in the notes of Paolo Giorgio (1590) and Evliya Çelebi (1653). Modern Medgidia was built by the Ottoman administration on the place of the old Karasu beginning with 1856. It was built as a planned city to accommodate refugees from the Crimean War and to serve as an economic hub for the central zone of Dobruja. The town was named in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Vodă, Constanța
Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located in the central part of the county, along the Danube–Black Sea Canal. Demographics At the 2011 census, Mircea Vodă had 4,727 Romanians (99.24%), 28 Roma (0.59%), 6 Turks (0.13%), 2 others (0.04%). History Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the Roman Empire. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th-century castrum was found, which has a stone vallum. A Slavic inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.''Dicţionar de istorie veche a României'', Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică (1976) Villages The following villages belong to the commune: * Mircea Vodă (historical name: ''Celebichioi'' or ''Celibichioi'', tr, Çelebiköy) - named after Mircea I of Wallachia * Gherghina (historical name: ''Defcea'', tr, Devce) * Satu Nou (historical name: ''Enichioi'', tr, Yeniköy) * Țibrinu (histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
