Murfatlar
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| Basic data | |||||
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Dobruja | ||||
| Circle : | Constanța | ||||
| Municipality : | city | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 10 ' N , 28 ° 24' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 110 m | ||||
| Area : | 66.68 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 10,216 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 153 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 905100 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 41 | ||||
| License plate : | CT | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Structure : | Murfatlar, Siminoc | ||||
| Mayor : | Valentin Saghiu ( PSD ) | ||||
| Postal address : | St. Calea Dobrogei, no. 1 loc. Murfatlar, jud. Constanța, RO-905100 |
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Murfatlar ( Basarabi from 1924 to 1965 and 1980 to 2007) is a town in Constanța County in the Dobruja Region , Romania . The approximately 10,000 inhabitants are Romanians , Tatars and Turks .
The city is best known for the extensive viticulture in the area . It also has a port on the Danube-Black Sea Canal .
history
Archaeological finds have shown that the place was settled before the year 992. It belonged to the Bulgarian Empire for a long time .
The first written mention of the village under the name Murfatlar comes from the year 1864.
Attractions
Near the city is the Murfatlar cave complex from the 9th to 11th centuries with the oldest church in the area of today's Romania and with inscriptions in Old Slavonic (in Glagolitic and Cyrillic script), in Greek and carved drawings (graffiti) .
Famous sons and daughters of the city
Murfatlar is the birthplace of the former Romanian President Traian Băsescu (* 1951).
Web links
- Murfatlar at ghidulprimariilor.ro
- District administration Constan Kreisa: Official data on the city of Murfatlar (rum.)
References
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ According to Law 370/2007, published in the Romanian Official Gazette ( Monitorul Oficial al României ) of December 21, 2007, the city was again given the official designation Murfatlar: [1] .
