Cernavodă
Town in Constanța, Romania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cernavodă (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃernaˈvodə]) is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania with a population of 15,088 as of 2021.
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Cernavodă | |
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Coordinates: 44°20′17″N 28°02′01″E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Constanța |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2024) | Liviu Negoiță[1] (PNL) |
Area | 46.69 km2 (18.03 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 15,088 |
• Density | 320/km2 (840/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Postal code | 905200 |
Vehicle reg. | CT |
Website | www |
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The town's name is derived from the Bulgarian černa voda (черна вода in Cyrillic), meaning 'black water'. This name is regarded by some scholars as a calque of the earlier Thracian name Axíopa, from IE *n̥ksei 'dark' and upā 'water' (cf. Avestan axšaēna- 'dark' and Lithuanian ùpė 'river, creek').[3]