Hamcearca

Hamcearca

Hamcearca

Commune in Tulcea, Romania

Hamcearca is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Balabancea, Căprioara (historical name: Geaferca-Rusă), Hamcearca and Nifon.

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The commune formerly included Taiţa village, mainly Russian-inhabited prior to 1877, but this had been depopulated by 1930.[3]

Reportedly, the commune's name derives from Hamcerencu, the surname of the brothers who settled there around 1812.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. [3]
    Laura-Diana Cizer, Toponimia județului Tulcea, p.156. Editura Lumen, 2012, ISBN 9731663096.
  4. [4]
    (in Romanian) Fondul Primăriei Hamcearca at the National Archives of Romania site; accessed July 2, 2013
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