Type: | commune |
County: | Tulcea |
Population Total: | auto |
Subdivisions: | Baia, Camena, Caugagia, Ceamurlia de Sus, Panduru |
Baia | |
Coordinates: | 44.7167°N 68°W |
Area Total Km2: | 198.29 |
Leader Name: | Mugurel Marșavela[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Postal Code: | 827005 |
Baia is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.
The commune includes five villages:
See main article: Hamangia culture. In 1953, archaeological excavations on a site along the Lake Golovița, near Baia, led to the discovery of a new Middle Neolithic culture, named after the commune. Further research has shown that the culture, with Mediterranean origins, extended across Dobruja and North-Eastern Bulgaria. The culture's most notable artefact is an anthropomorphic statuette in terra cotta, known as The Thinker, which was discovered at Cernavodă.