Poarta_Albă
Poarta Albă
Commune in Constanța, Romania
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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Location in Constanța County | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′N 28°24′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 |
The following villages are included in the Poarta Albă commune:
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.
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]
The Poarta Albă train station serves the CFR Line 800, which connects Bucharest to Constanța and Mangalia on the Black Sea coast.
- "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- "Recensământul populaţiei concentraţionare din România în anii 1945 – 1989 (date preliminare)" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- "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.
- Sub semnul gulagului, by Aurel Popa.
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