Medgidia

Also known as Karasu, Mecidiye

Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: Karasu or Carasu, Mecidiye or Megidie) is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type: municipality
Romanian subdivision.county: Constanța
Romanian subdivision.official_name: Medgidia
Romanian subdivision.subdivisions: Remus Opreanu, Valea Dacilor
Romanian subdivision.image_shield: ROU CT Medgidia CoA.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_map: Medgidia jud Constanta.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption: Location in Constanța County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name: Valentin Vrabie
Romanian subdivision.leader_term: 2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.leader_party: PNL
Romanian subdivision.elevation: 75
Romanian subdivision.area_total: 90.17
Romanian subdivision.population_total: auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code: 905600
Romanian subdivision.area_code: (+40) 02 41

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: border city
Named after: Abdülmecid I
Official name: Medgidia
Country: Ottoman Empire
Located in: Constanța County
Population: 43270
Area: 90.170000
Elevation: 75.000000
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Official website: primaria-medgidia.ro
Image: Vedere generala (centru).jpg

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historical region: Northern Dobruja
twinned administrative body: Căușeni
Commons category: Medgidia
contains settlement: Valea Dacilor
postal code: 905600
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
located in/on physical feature: Dobruja
topic's main category: Category:Medgidia
native label: Medgidia
inception: 1840-00-00
phone number: +40-241812300
street address: Strada Decebal, Nr 35, Cod: 905600
population by native language: 7
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Climate
Local administration
Politics
Economy
Transport
Landmarks
The Art Museum "Lucian Grigorescu"
The "Abdul Mejid" Mosque
The "Saints Peter and Paul" Orthodox church
The Serbian Heroes' Monument
Natives
Sports
The Medgidia Festival
Media
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
References
External links

Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: Karasu or Carasu, Mecidiye or Megidie) is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medgidia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.