Northern Dobruja

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Map of Romania with Northern Dobruja highlighted

Northern Dobruja (Romanian: Dobrogea; Bulgarian: Северна Добруджа, Severna Dobrudzha) is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in south by Bulgarian Southern Dobruja.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Heraldry

[edit] Geography

The territory of Northern Dobruja now forms the counties of Constanţa and Tulcea, with a combined area of 15,500 km² and population of now slightly over a million.

[edit] Cities

[edit] Rivers

Casimcea
Slava
Taiţa River
Teliţa River

[edit] Lakes

Crapina Lake
Jijiei Lake
Traian Lake
Babadag Lake
Razim Lake
Zmeica Lake
Sinoe Lake
Taşaul Lake
Techirghiol Lake

[edit] Danube Delta

Main article Danube Delta

The Danube Delta consists of numerous lakes. The most important ones are:

Roşu
Isac
Gorgova
Furtuna
Ledeanca
Tatanir
Merhel
Matiţa
Uzlina
Dranov
Lumina
Puiu
Puiuleţ

[edit] History

The territory was under Ottoman rule until 1878, when it was awarded to Romania for its role in the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War. Under the treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, Romania received Northern Dobruja while the newly restored principality of Bulgaria received the smaller Southern part of the region. After the Second Balkan War in 1913, Romania also occupied the Bulgarian Southern Dobruja, which it ruled until the signing of the 1940 Treaty of Craiova.