Negru Vodă (, historical names: ''Caraomer'', tr, Karaömer) is a town in
Constanța County,
Northern Dobruja
Northern Dobruja ( ro, Dobrogea de Nord or simply ; bg, Северна Добруджа, ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in the south ...
, south-eastern
Romania. The town is close to the
border with Bulgaria and there is a border crossing linking Negru Vodă to the
Bulgarian village
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People
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. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the
Romanian rural systematization program
The Romanian rural systematization program was a social engineering program undertaken by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania primarily at the end of the 1980s. The legal framework for this program was established as early as 1974, but it only began in ...
.
The name is probably derived from the legendary
Radu Negru
Radu may refer to:
People
* Radu (given name), Romanian masculine given name
* Radu (surname), Romanian surname
* Rulers of Wallachia, see
* Prince Radu of Romania (born 1960), disputed pretender to the former Romanian throne
Other uses
* Radu ( ...
(also known as ''Negru Vodă'', the "Black Prince"), founder and ruler of
Wallachia.
It has an area of .
Administration
The following villages are administered by the town of Negru Vodă:
* Darabani (historical names: ''Daulchioi'', tr, Davulköy)
* Vâlcele (historical names: ''Valalî'', tr, Valalı)
Although still mentioned in the official documents as part of the township, the village of Grăniceru (historical names: ''Canlî Ciucur'', tr, Kanlı Çukur), located at , is currently deserted.
[ Negru Vodă City Hall]
Negru Vodă City Hall - Demographics
, accessed on July 11, 2011
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Negru Vodă had 4,698 Romanians (95.24%), 160
Roma
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* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
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(3.24%), 43
Turks (0.87%), 28
Tatars (0.57%), 4 others (0.08%).
Gallery
File:Negru Voda WW1 memorial.jpg, World War I memorial
References
Towns in Romania
Populated places in Constanța County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
Bulgaria–Romania border crossings
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