Constanţa County

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Constanţa County

Facts

Development region: Sud-Est

Historic region: Dobruja

Capital city: Constanţa

Population:
• As of 2002:
• Population density: 715,151
101/km²

Area: 7,071 km²

Codes:
• Car numbers
• ISO 3166-2:RO CT
RO-CT

Telephone code: (+40) x41 ⁽¹⁾

Web: County Council
Prefecture

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Constanţa (IPA: [kon.'stan.ʦa]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Dobruja, with the capital city at Constanţa.

1 Neighbours
2 Demographics
3 Geography
4 Economy
5 Tourism
6 Administrative divisions
7 References

[edit] Neighbours

Black Sea to the east
Călăraşi County and Ialomiţa County to the west
Tulcea County and Brăila County to the north
Bulgaria (Dobrich Province and Silistra Province) to the south

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 715,151 and the population density was 101/km². The degree of urbanization is much higher (about 75%) than the Romanian average. In recent years the population trend is:

Year	County population^[1]
1948	311,062
1956	369,940
1966	465,752
1977	608,817
1992	748,769
1996	747,122
2000	746,988
2002	715,151

The majority of the population are Romanians. There are important communities of Turks and Tatars, remnants of the time of the Ottoman rule. Until today the region is the centre of the Muslim minority in Romania. A great number of Aromanians have migrated to Dobruja in the last century and they consider themselves a cultural minority rather than an ethnic minority. There are also Romas.

Ethnicity	1880^[2]	2002^[3]
All	64,902	715,151
Romanian	14,884 (23%)	652,777 (91%)
Turkish	14,947 (23%)	24,246 (3.4%)
Tatar	22,854 (35%)	23,230 (3.2%)
Bulgarian	7,919 (12%)	74 (0.01%)
Greek	2,607 (4%)	590 (0.08%)
Roma/Gypsy	<100 (<0.1%)	6,023 (0.84%)

[edit] Geography

The county has a total area of 7,071 km².

Much of the territory of Constanţa county comprises a low-lying plateau with a continental semi-arid climate. The Black Sea coast - stretching about 120 km (75 miles) - has a maritime climate with less contrasts than the interior. The average January temperature in Constanţa county is 0°C (32°F), while the average July temperature reaches 23°C (75°F).

In the northeastern part of the county there is a lagoon, the Sinoe Lake. On the eastern side of the county flows the Danube.

[edit] Economy

The predominant industries in the county are:

Chemical and petrochemical industry
Food and beverages industry
Textile industry
Ship building industry
Construction materials
Mechanical components industry
Paper industry

Agriculture is an important part in the county's economy, with Constanţa being the county with the largest irrigations systems in the country (more than 4,300 km² before 1989, now greatly reduced), cereals being the most important products. Also, the county is famous for its wines from the Murfatlar region.

At Cernavodă there is a nuclear power plant with one reactor - CANDU type of Canadian design. It covers over 10% of the country's power demand.

The Constanţa Harbour is the largest port in Romania and one of the most important on the Black Sea. It is linked with the Danube by the Danube-Black Sea Canal - the widest and deepest navigable channel in Europe, although not used to its full potential.

[edit] Tourism

The Black Sea littoral is the preferred destination for the summer holidays in Romania. The resorts are:

Also worth visiting are:

The city of Constanţa
The mausoleum from Adamclisi
The Portiţa area

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 3 municipalities, 8 towns and 52 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Towns

[edit] Communes

[edit] References

^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"
^ Robert Stănciugel and Liliana Monica Bălaşa, Dobrogea în Secolele VII-XIX. Evoluţie istorică, Bucharest, 2005; pg. 202
^ 2002 official census results