Hârşova

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Hârşova
Location of Hârşova
County Constanţa County
Status Town
Mayor Ionel Chiriţă, National Liberal Party, since 2004
Population (2002) 11,198
Geographical coordinates 44°41′0″N, 27°57′7″E
Web site http://www.primaria-harsova.ro/

Hârşova (pronounced in Romanian: /'hɨr.ʃo.va/; Bulgarian: Хърсово, Harsovo) is a town in Constanţa County, Romania, with a population of 11.000.

In ancient times, it was a Roman town named Carsium, in the Scythia Minor province. The current name has a Slavic suffix "-ova" and it is still under debate whetever it is in any way linked with the ancient name. An alternative theory suggests that the town's name is of Turkish origins ("hırsız" means "thiefs" in Turkish).


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