Ovidiu
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Ovidiu mosque
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 Ovidiu
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| Coordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27000°N 28.56000°ECoordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27000°N 28.56000°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Constanța County | |
| Status | Town | |
| Component villages | Poiana, Culmea | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | George Scupra (Social Democratic Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 82.63 km2 (31.90 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
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 12,342 |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | http://www.primariaovidiu.ro/ | |
Ovidiu (Romanian pronunciation: [oˈvidju], historical name: Canara, Turkish: Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanța retire there.
In 1930, the town was renamed Ovidiu after the Roman poet Ovid (Latin: Ovidius). He was supposedly buried on a nearby small island (also called Ovidiu) in the Siutghiol Lake.
The town of Ovidiu administers the villages of Poiana (historical names: Cocoşul - until 1964, Turkish: Horozlar - until 1926) and Culmea. The latter was established in 2011 by legally separating from Ovidiu two territorially distinct communities, Social Group Culmea and Social Group Nazarcea.
At the 2011 census, Ovidiu had 11,240 Romanians (91.07%), 3 Hungarians (0.02%), 229 Roma (1.86%), 3 Germans (0.02%), 358 Turks (2.90%), 396 Tatars (3.21%), 8 Lipovans (0.06%), 36 Aromanians (0.29%), 69 others (0.56%).
The Ovidiu island in the Siutghiol Lake
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