Amara is a town in

Ialomița County Ialomița County () is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Slobozia. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 258,669 and the population density was 58.08/km2. Romanians make up 95.6% of the population, t ...

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is located in Bărăgan on the shores of

Lake Amara Lake Amara () is a saltwater fluvial liman lake located on the Slobozia - Buzău road near Amara in Ialomița County, Romania. The lake has a surface area of , a water volume of , a length of and a width between and while the maximum depth ...

, at north of the county capital,

Slobozia Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 41,550 in 2021. Etymology Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word its ...

. Amara was elevated to town status in 2004.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Amara had a total of 7,080 residents, 3507 males and 3573 females. Ten years later, at the 2021 census, the total population had dropped to 6,805.

Natives

* Tudorița Chidu (born 1967), middle-distance runner

References

Amara Amara Localities in Muntenia Spa towns in Romania {{Ialomiţa-geo-stub