Ovidiu
| Ovidiu | ||
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| Town | ||
 Ovidiu mosque | ||
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  Ovidiu Location of Ovidiu | ||
| Coordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27000°N 28.56000°ECoordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27000°N 28.56000°E | ||
| Country |
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| County | Constanța County | |
| Status | Town | |
| Component villages | Poiana, Culmea | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | George Scupra[1] (Social Democratic Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 82.63 km2 (31.90 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011[2]) | ||
| • Total |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Website | http://www.primariaovidiu.ro/ | |
- For the Romanian given name and people named Ovidiu see Ovidiu (name).
Ovidiu (Romanian pronunciation: [oˈvidju], historical name: Canara, Turkish: Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanța retire there.
In 1930, the town was renamed Ovidiu after the Roman poet Ovid (Latin: Ovidius). He was supposedly buried on a nearby small island (also called Ovidiu) in the Siutghiol Lake.
Administration
The town of Ovidiu administers the villages of Poiana (historical names: Cocoșul - until 1964, Turkish: Horozlar - until 1926) and Culmea. The latter was established in 2011 by legally separating from Ovidiu two territorially distinct communities, Social Group Culmea and Social Group Nazarcea.
Sport
The stadium of FC Viitorul Constanța is located in Ovidiu.
Demographics
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1992 | 12,591 | — |
| 2002 | 13,458 | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 12,342 | −8.3% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the 2011 census, Ovidiu had 11,240 Romanians (91.07%), 3 Hungarians (0.02%), 229 Roma (1.86%), 3 Germans (0.02%), 358 Turks (2.90%), 396 Tatars (3.21%), 8 Lipovans (0.06%), 36 Aromanians (0.29%), 69 others (0.56%).
Gallery
The Ovidiu island in the Siutghiol Lake
References
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- ↑ "Luptă strânsă pentru Consiliul Judeţean Constanţa între PSD şi PNL. Noua garnitură de primari" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
