Poarta Albă
| Poarta Albă | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
  Poarta Albă | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′0″N 28°24′0″E / 44.21667°N 28.40000°ECoordinates: 44°13′0″N 28°24′0″E / 44.21667°N 28.40000°E | |
| Country |
 Romania |
| County | Constanţa County |
| Status | Commune |
| Component villages | Poarta Albă, Nazarcea |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vasile Delicoti (Democratic Liberal Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.53 km2 (25.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2011[1]) | |
| • Total |
 4,956 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | |
Poarta Albă (literally in Romanian: White Gate) is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It has a population of 4,790, according to the 2002 census, of which 97% Romanians and most of the rest Turks and Tatars. The commune is a port on the Danube-Black Sea Canal.
In the early 1950s, a prison camp operated at Poarta Albă, part of a chain of forced labor camps set up along the length of the Canal by the communist authorities. Some 12,000 prisoners were held at the Poarta Albă camp. Many perished due to the harsh working conditions.
Villages
The following villages are included in the Poarta Albă commune:
- Poarta Albă (historical name: Alakap, Turkish: Alakapı)
- Nazarcea (historical name: Galeşu between 1930 and 1964, Turkish: Nazarça)
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Poarta Albă had 4,792 Romanians (96.69%), 4 Hungarians (0.08%), 35 Roma (0.71%), 53 Turks (1.07%), 55 Tatars (1.11%), 5 Lipovans (0.10%), 5 others (0.10%), 7 with undeclared ethnicity (0.14%).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (in Romanian). INSSE. February 02, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
External links
- Sub semnul gulagului, by Aurel Popa.
