Poarta Albă

Poarta Albă
Commune
Poarta Albă

Location of Poarta Albă

Coordinates: 44°13′0″N 28°24′0″E / 44.21667°N 28.40000°E / 44.21667; 28.40000Coordinates: 44°13′0″N 28°24′0″E / 44.21667°N 28.40000°E / 44.21667; 28.40000
Country  Romania
County Constanţa County
Status Commune
Component villages Poarta Albă, Nazarcea
Government
  Mayor Vasile Delicoti (National Liberal Party[1])
Area
  Total 65.53 km2 (25.30 sq mi)
Population (2011[2])
  Total Increase4,956
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website

Poarta Albă (literally in Romanian: White Gate) is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It has a population of 4,790, according to the 2002 census, of which 97% Romanians and most of the rest Turks and Tatars. The commune is a port on the Danube-Black Sea Canal.

In the early 1950s, a prison camp operated at Poarta Albă, part of a chain of forced labor camps set up along the length of the Canal by the communist authorities. Some 12,000 prisoners were held at the Poarta Albă camp. Many perished due to the harsh working conditions.

Villages

The following villages are included in the Poarta Albă commune:

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Poarta Albă had 4,792 Romanians (96.69%), 4 Hungarians (0.08%), 35 Roma (0.71%), 53 Turks (1.07%), 55 Tatars (1.11%), 5 Lipovans (0.10%), 5 others (0.10%), 7 with undeclared ethnicity (0.14%).[2]

References

  1. "Rezultate finale în judeţul Constanţa. Iată care sunt noii primari din judeţ!" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.


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