Poarta Albă
Poarta Albă (literally in English: White Gate) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune is a port on the Danube–Black Sea Canal.
Poarta Albă | |
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| Coat of arms | |
Location in Constanța County | |
Poarta Albă Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′N 28°24′E / 44.217°N 28.400°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Constanța |
| Subdivisions | Poarta Albă, Nazarcea |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Vasile Delicoti[1] (PNL) |
| Area | 65.53 km2 (25.30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 5,587 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 907245 |
| Area code | +40 x41 |
| Vehicle reg. | CT |
| Website | www |
Villages edit
The following villages are included in the Poarta Albă commune:
History edit
In the early 1950s, a prison camp operated at Poarta Albă, part of a chain of forced labour 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. According to a study done by the International Centre for Studies into Communism, 12.7% of all political prisoners in Communist Romania did some time at Poarta Albă.[3]
Among the political prisoners who did time at the Poarta Albă labor camp were Alexandru Claudian, Vladimir Constantinescu, Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Gherman Pântea, and Ovidiu Papadima.
Demographics edit
At the 2011 census, Poarta Albă had a population of 5,208, of which 4,792 were ethnic 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%), and 7 with undeclared ethnicity (0.14%).[4]
Transportation edit
The Poarta Albă train station serves the CFR Line 800, which connects Bucharest to Constanța and Mangalia on the Black Sea coast.
Natives edit
References edit
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Recensământul populaţiei concentraţionare din România în anii 1945 – 1989 (date preliminare)" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
External links edit
- Sub semnul gulagului, by Aurel Popa.