Ostrov is a

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Name

The name Ostrov is a word of Bulgarian origin and it means "island". The village itself is not located on an island, but rather on the banks of the Danube.

Villages

The commune includes six villages: * Ostrov * Almălău (historical name: Almaliul, tr, Almalı) * Bugeac ( tr, Bucak) * Esechioi ( tr, Eşeköy) * Galița * Gârlița

Geography

Ostrov is close to the Bulgarian border, with a border crossing linking it to the Bulgarian city of

Silistra Silistra ( bg, Силистра ; tr, Silistre; ro, Silistra) is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube. Sil ...

. The locality was a town until 1950.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Ostrov had 4,730

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(95.54%), 187

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(3.78%), 30

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(0.61%), 4 others (0.08%).

Natives

Traian Cocorăscu Traian Cocorăscu (15 February 1888 – 11 October 1970) was a Romanian brigadier-general during World War II. He was born in Ostrov, Constanța County, and attended the Infantry and Cavalry Military School from 1907 to 1909, graduating with ...

Ionuț Țenea Ionuț Eugen Țenea (born 21 March 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dunărea Călărași. Honours ;Dunărea Călărași *Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the R ...

Păcuiul lui Soare

''Păcuiul lui Soare'' is the name of a fortress on an island close to Ostrov. The ruins from the beginning of 8th century belong to the "Glorious Palace" of the First Bulgarian Khans on Danube and main base of the Bulgarian Danube fleet, as researchers suppose. They found many Protobulgarian marks graved in the blocks of the stone masonry of fortress that build pretty similar to the imperial capital

Pliska Pliska ( , cu, Пльсковъ, translit=Plĭskovŭ) was the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the Middle Ages and is now a small town in Shumen Province, on the Ludogorie plateau of the Danubian Plain, 20 km northeast o ...

. The stone graving text from the "Holy 40 martyrs column" found in

Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

indicate that the Great Khan

Omurtag Omurtag (or Omortag) ( bg, Омуртаг; original gr, Μορτάγων and Ομουρτάγ', Inscription No.64. Retrieved 10 April 2012.) was a Great Khan (''Kanasubigi'') of Bulgaria from 814 to 831. He is known as "the Builder". In the very ...

(?-831) built, maybe over Byzantine ruins, the medieval port and palace complex.

References

External links

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Ostrov at the Constanța County Council website
Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja Bulgaria–Romania border crossings {{Constanţa-geo-stub