Tuzla is a commune in

Constanța County Constanța () is a Counties of Romania, county (județ) of Romania on the Bulgaria–Romania border, border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2021, it had a population of 655,997 ...

, Northern Dobruja,

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 ...

, including the village with the same name. Its name means "saltpan" in Turkish. The commune is located on the Black Sea shore, between Eforie to the north and Costinești to the south.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Tuzla had a population of 6,711, including 5,985

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

(92.49%), 296 Tatars (4.57%),175 Turks (2.70%), 4

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

(0.06%), 3

Aromanians The Aromanians () are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgari ...

(0.05%), and 8 others (0.12%). At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 6,494; of those, 81.55% were Romanians, 3.54% Tatars, and 2.53% Turks.

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja Place names of Turkish origin in Romania {{Constanța-geo-stub