Siliștea is a

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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 deg ...

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 ...

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. The commune includes two villages: * Siliștea (historical name: ''Tașpunor'', ''Tașpunar'' or ''Taș-Punar'', tr, Taşpınar) * Țepeș Vodă (historical names: ''Chiorcișme'', ''Chior-Cișmea'', tr, Körçeşme) - named after

Vlad III the Impaler Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ro, Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula (; ro, Vlad Drăculea ; 1428/311476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most imp ...

(Vlad Țepeș in the common Romanian reference)

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Siliștea had 1,270

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...

(97.09%), 38

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

(2.91%).

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanța-geo-stub