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| Country |  Romania |
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| County | Tulcea County | ||
| Status | County capital | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Constantin Hogea (Democratic Party ) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| - Total | 91,875 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Website: http://www.primaria-tulcea.ro/ | |||
Tulcea (Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian: Тулча, Tulcha; Turkish: Hora-Tepé or Tolçu) is a city in Dobrogea, Romania. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania List of counties See also List of Romanian Counties by Population The Judeţe (translated in English as "counties" are administrative Romania 's administration is relatively centralised and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The Democratic Party ( Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD was a centre-right party of Romania. Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania It is the administrative center of the Tulcea county, and has a population of 91,875 as of 2002. Tulcea (tulʧa is a county ( Judeţ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea.
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History
Tulcea was founded in the 7th century BC under the name of Aegyssus, mentioned in the documents of Diodorus of Sicily (3rd century BC). The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC Ovid referred to it in Ex Ponto, saying that its name would have originated with that of its founder, a Dacian named Carpyus Aegyssus. Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including Epistulae ex Ponto ( Letters from the Black Sea) is a work of Ovid, in four books The Dacians ( Lat Daci, Gr Dákai) were a Thracian people the ancient inhabitants of Dacia (located in the area
After the fights from 12-15 B. C. , the Romans conquered the town. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial They rebuilt it after their plans, their technique and architectural vision, reorganizing it. The existing ruined walls and defending towers serve as a testimony of this. Also an inscription found at the Tulcea Museum of Archaeology mentions the name Aegyssus for the town. The Aegyssus fortified town is mentioned also by other documents until the 10th century: Notitia Episcopatum in political geography "De Thematicus".
It was then ruled by the Byzantine Empire (5th - 7th century), the Bulgarian Empire (681-c. The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Bulgarian Empire (Българско царство Balgarsko tsarstvo ˈʦar 1000; 1185-14th century) [1] [2] [3] [4], the Genoese (10th - 13th century), it was part of the local Dobrujan polities of Balik/Balica, Dobrotitsa/Dobrotici, and, for a brief while after 1390, ruled by the Wallachian Prince Mircea cel Bătrân. The Most Serene Republic of Genoa (Repubblica di Genova was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from the 11th century Dobrotitsa (Добротица dɔˈbrɔtitsa Dobrotici or Dobrotiţă Τομπροτίτζας in contemporaneous Byzantine documents Dobrodicie in contemporaneous This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania This is a List of rulers of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union Mircea the Elder ( cel Bătrân; reigned 1386 – 1418 was one of the most important rulers of Wallachia.
In 1416 it was conquered and ruled for 460 years by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Tulcea was eventually awarded to Romania, together with the rest of Dobruja, in 1878 (see Congress of Berlin). See also Berlin Conference (1884-85 re Africa and Berlin Conference of 1954 (Cold War Around 1848, Tulcea was still a small shipyard city, being awarded city status in 1860, when it became a province capital. Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, Tulcea has a population of 91,875 inhabitants, 92. 3% of which are ethnic Romanian. The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni Significant minority groups include Lippovan Russians (making up 3. Lipovans or Lippovans (Lipoveni Липовани Липоване липованци are the Old Believers, mostly of Russian ethnic origin who settled 4% of the total population), and Turks (1. The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language 4%). Most of the indigenous Bulgarians left the town in 1941 in accordance with the Treaty of Craiova. The Bulgarians (българи balgari) are a South Slavic people generally associated with the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language The Treaty of Craiova (Крайовска спогодба Tratatul de la Craiova was signed on 7 September 1940 between the Kingdom of Bulgaria
Famous natives
- Crin Antonescu, deputy
- Alexandru Ciucurencu, painter
- Traian Cosovei, writer
- Radu Gheorghe, actor
- Stefan Karadzha, Bulgarian revolutionary, studied in and associated with the town
- Virginia Mirea, actress
- Grigore Moisil, mathematician
- Dimitar Petkov, bulgarian Prime Minister
- Lili Sandu, singer and actress
- Tora Vasilescu, actress
- Oliver Cadogan, International property developer
Twinned Towns
References
- ^ Theophanes, ibid. Crin Antonescu (born 21 September, 1959) is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Youth and Sports between 1997 and 2000 in the three cabinets Alexandru Ciucurencu (1903-1977 was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter Stefan Karadzha (Стефан Караджа born Stefan Todorov Dimov, Стефан Тодоров Димов May 11 1840-July 31 1868 was a Bulgarian national Grigore Constantin Moisil ( 10 January 1906 in Tulcea, Romania &ndash 21 May 1973 in Dimitar Petkov (Димитър Петков (1856 in Tulcea — March 11, 1907 in Sofia) was a leading member of the Bulgarian Lili Sandu (born May 28, 1979, in Tulcea, Romania) is a Romanian singer and actress Tora Vasilescu ( 22 March, 1951, Tulcea) is a Romanian Actress, who has recently appeared in the first Romanian Soap opera Shumen (Шумен is a city in the northeastern part of Bulgaria, capital of Shumen Province. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Aalborg ( IPA ˈʌlb̥ɒːˀ is a city in Denmark. Its population as of 2006 is 121540 making it the fourth largest in the country after Copenhagen, The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe For the Renaissance composer see Francesco Rovigo. Rovigo is a town in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, the capital Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest , p. 357-358
- ^ Nicephorus, ibid. , p. 34
- ^ Laiou, A. E. Constantinople and the Latins (Foreign Policy of Andronicus II, 1282-1328). Cambridge, Mass. , 1972.
- ^ Brâtianu, G. I. à Cetatea Albă (Akkerman) au debut du XIVeme siècle-Byz, 2, 1926, 153-168
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Sourses and references
- Theophanes, ibid. , p. 357-358
- Nicephorus, ibid. , p. 34
- Laiou, A. E. Constantinople and the Latins (Foreign Policy of Andronicus II, 1282-1328). Cambridge, Mass. , 1972.
- Brâtianu, G. I. Les Bulgares à Cetatea Albă (Akkerman) au debut du XIVeme siècle-Byz, 2, 1926, 153-168
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