Ovidiopol

Ovidiopol (Ukrainian: Овідіополь, translit.: Ovidiopol; Russian: Овидиополь, translit.: Ovidiopol' ; Turkish: Hacıdere ) is a coastal town in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It is located at around 46°14′41″N 30°26′41″E / 46.24472°N 30.44472°E / 46.24472; 30.44472Coordinates: 46°14′41″N 30°26′41″E / 46.24472°N 30.44472°E / 46.24472; 30.44472.

The town was named after Ovid, the Roman poet exiled to the Black Sea coast, based on the claim of Dimitrie Cantemir in his Descriptio Moldaviae (1714-16) that a local lake near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (probably the Dniester Liman itself, on whose eastern shore the town is located) was named in Romanian Lacul Ovidului (Ovid's Lake).

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ovidiopol is twinned with:

• Gniew, Poland

References

External links

• Official website of Ovidiopol

Administrative divisions of Odessa Oblast Administrative center: Odessa Raions Ananyiv Artsyz Balta Berezivka Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilyayivka Bolhrad Frunzivka Ivanika Izmail Kiliya Kodyma Kominternivske Kotovsk Krasni Okny Liubashivka Mykolaivka Ovidiopol Reni Rozdilna Sarata Savran Shyriaieve Tarutyne Tatarbunary Velyka Mykhailivka Cities Regional Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Illichivsk Izmail Kotovsk Odessa Teplodar Yuzhne District Ananyiv Artsyz Balta Berezivka Bilyayivka Bolhrad Kilia Kodyma Reni Rozdilna Tatarbunary Vylkove Urban-type settlements Category:Odessa Oblast