Ovidiu
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| Ovidiu | |
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 Ovidiu
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| Coordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27°N 28.56°ECoordinates: 44°16′12″N 28°33′36″E / 44.27°N 28.56°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | |
| Status | Town |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dumitru Bocai (Democratic Liberal Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 82.63 km2 (31.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 13,458 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | http://www.primariaovidiu.ro/ |
- For the Romanian given name and people named Ovidiu see Ovidiu (name).
Ovidiu (Romanian pronunciation: [oˈvidju], historical name: Canara, Turkish: Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanţa in the Constanţa County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small (has a population of 13,458) and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanţa 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 villages of Poiana (historical names: Cocoşul - until 1964, Turkish: Horozlar - until 1926) and Culmea (established in 2011) are administered by the town of Ovidiu.
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