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Babadag

Babadag
Town
Coat of arms of Babadag
Coat of arms
Babadag is located in Romania
Babadag
Babadag
Location of Babadag
Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 28°44′31″E / 44.89806°N 28.74194°E / 44.89806; 28.74194Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 28°44′31″E / 44.89806°N 28.74194°E / 44.89806; 28.74194
Country  Romania
County Tulcea County
Status Town
Government
 • Mayor Georgian Caraman (National Liberal Party)
Area
 • Total 121 km2 (47 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 • Total 10,037
 • Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Climate Cfa
Website http://www.primaria-babadag.ro/

Babadag (Romanian pronunciation: [babaˈdaɡ]; Turkish: Babadağ, lit. "Father Mountain"), formerly known as Babatag, is a town in Tulcea County, Romania, located on a small lake formed by the Taița river, in the densely wooded highlands of northern Dobruja. One of the several tombs of Sari Saltik is found in town.

The Babadag Lake is divided only by a strip of marshland from Razim Lake, a broad landlocked sheet of water spilling into the Black Sea.

The name of Babadag is connected with 13th century dervish Baba Sari Saltik, who is said to have led a number of Turcomans to Dobruja and to have settled them in this area. The town was first mentioned by Ibn Battuta under the name Baba Saltuk, as the furthermost outpost of the "Turks" (i.e., the Golden Horde).

The town was conquered by Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in his 1393 Danubian campaign. The construction of a fortress was begun here during the reign of Murad IV, but by 1650 only the fortress's foundation walls and towers were standing. In the 17th century, it occasionally served as the winter headquarters for the Grand Vizier of the Turks during their wars with Russia. The town's location near to the Black Sea made it a target for the Russian navy, the town was bombed by the Russians in 1854 during the Crimean War. In the mid-19th century, Babadag formed part of the region (sanjak) of Silistra within the "Bulgarian Government" (Danube Vilayet). Following the 1877–1878 war between the Ottoman and Russian empires, Babadag became part of independent Romania.


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