Cobadin
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Cobadin | |
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Commune | |
Cobadin | |
Coordinates: 44°5′0″N 28°13′0″E / 44.08333°N 28.21667°ECoordinates: 44°5′0″N 28°13′0″E / 44.08333°N 28.21667°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Constanţa County |
Status | Commune |
Component villages | Cobadin, Viişoara, Negreşti, Curcani, Conacu |
Government | |
• Mayor | Cristian Telehoi (Social Democratic Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 188.41 km2 (72.75 sq mi) |
Population (2011[1]) | |
• Total | 8,346 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Website | http://primaria-cobadin.ro/ |
Cobadin is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. The commune includes five villages:
- Cobadin (historical names: Cobadinu, Turkish: Kobadin)
- Viişoara (historical name: Caciamac, Turkish: Kaçamak)
- Negreşti (historical name: Carabacâ, Turkish: Karabağ')
- Conacu (historical name: Beşaul)
- Curcani (historical name: Chertic-Punar, Turkish: Kertikpınar) - disestablished by Presidential Decree before 1990, the village is nevertheless listed in the official settlements register
The territory of the commune also includes the former village of Frasinu (historical name: Terzi-Veli), at 43°59′14″N 28°6′16″E / 43.98722°N 28.10444°E, nominally merged with Curcani by the 1968 administrative reform.
Population
As of 2011, the population of the commune was 8,346, out of which:
- 6,480 Romanians
- 1,021 Turks
- 442 Tatars
- 359 Romani
- 7 Aromanians
- 37 others
Famous natives
- Pericle Martinescu, writer and journalist
- Virgil Teodorescu, president of the Writers' Union of Romania
References
- ↑ "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (in Romanian). INSSE. February 02, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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