Poarta Albă

Poarta Albă (literally in Romanian: White Gate) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, 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.

Poarta Albă
Commune
Location in Constanța County
Poarta Albă
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°13′N 28°24′E
Country Romania
CountyConstanța
SubdivisionsPoarta Albă, Nazarcea
Government
 • MayorVasile Delicoti[1] (PNL)
Area
65.53 km2 (25.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
5,208
 • Density79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitewww.primariapoartaalba.ro

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]

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%).[4]

References
  1. "Rezultate finale în judeţul Constanţa. Iată care sunt noii primari din judeţ!" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Recensământul populaţiei concentraţionare din România în anii 1945 – 1989 (date preliminare)" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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