Agigea Explained

Type:commune
County:Constanța
Population Total:auto
Subdivisions:Agigea, Lazu, Sanatoriul Agigea, Stațiunea Zoologică Marină Agigea
Official Name:Agigea
Leader Name:Cristian-Maricel Cîrjaliu[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Leader Party:PSD
Area Total Km2:45.28
Coordinates:44.0917°N 28.6114°W

Agigea (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /aˈd͡ʒid͡ʒe̯a/; Turkish: Acıçay,) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune includes four settlements:, Lazu (Turkish: Laz-Mahale), Sanatoriul Agigea and Stațiunea Zoologică Marină Agigea, the last two being special settlements.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Agigea had 5,822 Romanians (90.46%), 443 Tatars (6.88%), 95 Turks (1.48%), 15 Roma (0.23%), 10 Lipovans (0.16%), 9 Aromanians (0.14%), 8 Hungarians (0.12%), 29 others (0.45%), 5 with undeclared ethnicity (0.08%).

Infrastructure

In the western urban area at 44°5'23"N 28°36'12"E, there is a mediumwave transmitter operating on 1458 kHz. North of Agigea at 44°6'19"N 28°37'49"E, there is Constanța coast radio station, which serves also for transmitting NAVTEX-messages in Romanian on 490 kHz.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 15 June 2021 . dmy-all.