23 August (Romanian: ''Douăzeci și Trei August'') is a
commune 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 ...
,
Romania. The commune includes three villages:
* 23 August (historical names: ''Tatlâgeac Mare'', tr, Büyük-Tatlıcak; ''Domnița Elena'') – named after the day of the 1944
royal coup d'état
* Dulcești (historical name: ''Tatlâgeac Mic'', Turkish: ''Küçük-Tatlıcak'')
* Moșneni (historical name: ''Pervelia'', Turkish: ''Perveli'')
Demographics
At the 2011 census, 23 August had 4,813 Romanians (91.36%), 20
Roma (0.38%), 20
Turks (0.38%), 408
Tatars (7.74%), 7 others (0.13%).
Natives
*
Sîdîyîk Ibrahim H. Mîrzî
Sîdîyîk Ibrahim H. Mîrzî (known in Romanian language, Romanian as Sadîc Ibraim) (1909–1959) was a Crimean Tatars in Romania, Crimean Tatar spiritual leader, imam, Mufti of the Muslim community of Romania, and activist for ethnic Tatar ca ...
*
Ștefan Orza
References
Communes in Constanța County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
Populated coastal places in Romania
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