Ovidiu

Ovidiu
—  Town  —
Ovidiu mosque
Ovidiu Location of Ovidiu
Coordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27°N 28.56°E / 44.27; 28.56Coordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27°N 28.56°E / 44.27; 28.56
Country	Romania
County
Status	Town
Component villages	Poiana, Culmea
Government
• Mayor	Dumitru Bocai (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	82.63 km2 (31.90 sq mi)
Population (2011[1])
• Total	12,342
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
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 Constanţa in the Constanţa County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small (has a population of 12,342) and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanţa retire there.^{[citation needed]}

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 villages of Poiana (historical names: Cocoşul - until 1964, Turkish: Horozlar - until 1926) and Culmea (established in 2011) are administered by the town of Ovidiu.

Demographics

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%).

References

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