Mircea Vodă, Constanţa

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Coordinates: 44°16′39″N 28°10′18″E / 44.2775, 28.17167
Mircea Vodă
Mircea Vodă Location of Mircea Vodă, Constanţa
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Dumitru Dedu
Population (2002)
- Total	7,084
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.primaria-mirceavoda.ro

Mircea Vodă is a commune in Constanţa County, Dobrogea, Romania.

[edit] History

Mithraic relief from Mircea Vodă, 2nd century CE. Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest.

Settlement in the area dates back at least to the time of the Roman Empire. In a place that the local Turks called "Acşandemir Tabiasi", a 10th century castrum was found, which has a stone vallum. A Slavic inscription found in this place mentions a certain "Jupan Dimitrie" and the year 943.^[1]

[edit] Villages

The following villages belong to the commune:

Mircea Vodă (historical name: Acpunar, Turkish: Akpınar) - named after Mircea I of Wallachia
Gherghina (historical name: Defcea, Turkish: Devce)
Satu Nou (historical name: Enichioi, Turkish: Yeniköy)
Tibrinu (historical name: Ceabacu)

[edit] References

^ Dicţionar de istorie veche a României, Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică (1976)

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