Baia | |
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Commune | |
Location of Baia |
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Location of Baia | |
Coordinates: 44°43′N 28°40′E / 44.717°N 28.667°ECoordinates: 44°43′N 28°40′E / 44.717°N 28.667°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Tulcea |
Component villages | Baia, Camena, Caugagia, Ceamurlia de Sus, Panduru |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nicolae Ionuş (since 2004) |
Area | |
• Total | 198.29 km2 (76.56 sq mi) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 5,024 |
• Density | 25/km2 (66/sq mi) |
Postal code | 827005 |
Climate | Cfa |
Website | www.cjtulcea.ro/judet/baia.html (in Romanian) |
Baia is a commune in Tulcea County, Romania.
The commune includes five villages:
In 1953, archaeological excavations on a site along the Lake Golovița, near Baia, led to the discovery of a new Middle Neolithic culture, named after the commune. Further research has shown that the culture, with Mediterranean origins, extended across Dobruja and North-Eastern Bulgaria. The culture's most notable artefact is an anthropomorphic statuette in terra cotta, known as The Thinker, which was discovered at Cernavodă.