Horia is a
commune in
Tulcea County
Tulcea County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube.
Demographics
In 2021, Tulcea Coun ...
,
Northern Dobruja
Northern Dobruja ( or simply ; , ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube, Danube River and the Black Sea, bordered in the south by Southern Dobruja, which is a part of Bulgaria.
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,
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 composed of three
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
s: Cloșca (formerly called ''Dautcea'' and, after 1912, ''Încoronarea''), Florești (formerly called ''Islam Geaferca'') and Horia (formerly called ''Ortachioi'', and
''Regina Maria'' from 1924 to 1947).
History
The village ''Horia'' was first mentioned on the maps of the 18th century, as a small community with a few villages. In the 19th century it had the Turkish name ''Ortachioi'', and at the beginning of the 20th century, the village received the name "Regina Maria" (after
Queen Marie of Romania
Marie (born Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) was the last queen of Romania from 10 October 1914 to 20 July 1927 as the wife of King Ferdinand I.
Marie was born into the British royal fa ...
). From 1947 to the present days, the village bears the name Horia.
Ethnic structure
Horia was grounded by a Muslim community, to which added in time Romanians and Bulgarians. Nowadays it comprises mostly Romanian population.
Cultural personalities of the village
* Gheorghe C. Mihalcea, PhD in
philology
Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...
, folklorist and teacher at the school in Horia.
Notes
References
Mayor's Office in HoriaHoria commune - Document from Tulcea County authorities Horia on google mapEco-school Horia
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External links
Communes in Tulcea County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
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