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.
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%).
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.