Hamcearca is a commune in

Tulcea County Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea Cou ...

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. It is composed of four villages: Balabancea, Căprioara (historical name: ''Geaferca-Rusă''), Hamcearca and Nifon. The commune formerly included Taiţa village, mainly

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-inhabited prior to 1877, but this had been depopulated by 1930. Reportedly, the commune's name derives from ''Hamcerencu'', the surname of the brothers who settled there around 1812.Fondul Primăriei Hamcearca
at the National Archives of Romania site; accessed July 2, 2013

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* Communes in Tulcea County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Tulcea-geo-stub