Limanu
| Limanu | ||
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| Commune | ||
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 Limanu
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| Coordinates: 43°48′0″N 28°32′0″E / 43.80000°N 28.53333°ECoordinates: 43°48′0″N 28°32′0″E / 43.80000°N 28.53333°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Constanța County | |
| Status | Commune | |
| Component villages | Limanu, 2 Mai, Hagieni, Vama Veche | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Daniel Georgescu (Social Democratic Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 76.66 km2 (29.60 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total |
 6,120 |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | http://www.primarialimanu.ro/ | |
Limanu is a commune in Constanța County, Romania.
At the 2011 census, Limanu had 5,445 Romanians (88.97%), 8 Hungarians (0.13%), 84 Roma (1.37%), 3 Germans (0.05%), 6 Turks (0.10%), 177 Tatars (2.89%), 173 Lipovans (2.83%), 8 others (0.13%), 216 with undeclared ethnicity (3.53%).
The commune includes four villages:
2 Mai (Romanian pronunciation: [doj maj], "May 2") is a village in the Limanu commune and a small resort on the shore of the Black Sea, between Mangalia and Vama Veche.
The village was founded by Mihail Kogălniceanu in 1887 under the name Două Mai. Its first inhabitants were Russians from Bucharest, Iași and Galați. Later Lipovans from Tulcea County and Romanians from Argeș County settled here.
The main occupation of the villagers is the agritourism, fishing, tourism and agriculture.
Vama Veche is a village in the Limanu commune, at 43°30′N 28°18′E / 43.500°N 28.300°E. In 2002, it had a population of 178.
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