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Northern Dobruja (; , Severna Dobrudzha) is the part of Dobruja
Dobruja

Dobruja, or Dobrudja , is a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta, Romanian coast and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast....
 within the borders of Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
. It lies between the lower Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 river and the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
, bordered in south by Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
n Southern Dobruja
Southern Dobruja

Southern Dobruja is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising the administrative districts named for its two principal cities of Dobrich and Silistra....
.

territory of Northern Dobrogea now forms the counties
Counties of Romania

List of countiesSee also: List of Romanian Counties by PopulationThe judete are administrative units of Romania.As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:...
 of Constanta
Constanta County

Constanta is a county of Romania, in Dobruja, with the capital city at Constanta....
 and Tulcea
Tulcea County

Tulcea is a county of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea....
, with a combined area of 15,500 km˛ and population of now slightly over a million.




Main article Danube Delta
Danube Delta

The Danube river delta is the second largest delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent . The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania , while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine ....
The Danube Delta
Danube Delta

The Danube river delta is the second largest delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent . The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania , while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine ....
 consists of numerous lakes.






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Northern Dobruja (; , Severna Dobrudzha) is the part of Dobruja
Dobruja

Dobruja, or Dobrudja , is a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta, Romanian coast and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast....
 within the borders of Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
. It lies between the lower Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 river and the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
, bordered in south by Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
n Southern Dobruja
Southern Dobruja

Southern Dobruja is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising the administrative districts named for its two principal cities of Dobrich and Silistra....
.

Geography

The territory of Northern Dobrogea now forms the counties
Counties of Romania

List of countiesSee also: List of Romanian Counties by PopulationThe judete are administrative units of Romania.As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:...
 of Constanta
Constanta County

Constanta is a county of Romania, in Dobruja, with the capital city at Constanta....
 and Tulcea
Tulcea County

Tulcea is a county of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea....
, with a combined area of 15,500 km˛ and population of now slightly over a million.

Cities

  • Constanta
    Constanta

    Constanta is the oldest living city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located on the Black Sea coast. Constan?a is part of the group of four equal size cities which ranks after Bucharest, Romania's capital, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca and Ia?i....
  • Tulcea
    Tulcea

    Tulcea is a city in Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of the Tulcea County, and has a population of 91,875 as of 2002....
  • Medgidia
    Medgidia

    Medgidia is a city in Constanta County, Dobruja, south-eastern Romania....
  • Mangalia
    Mangalia

    Mangalia is a city and a port on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanta County.The following resorts are administered by the Mangalia municipality:...
    .


Rivers

  • Casimcea
    Casimcea River

    The Casimcea River is a river in Romania, tributary of the Black Sea, Lake Tasaul....
  • Slava
    Slava River

    The Slava River is a tributary of the Black Sea, Lake Golovita in Romania. It starts at the junction of headwater: Slava Rusa River and Slava Cercheza River in the village of Slava Rusa, Tulcea...
  • Taita
    Taita River

    The Taita River is a tributary of Lake Babadag in Romania....
  • Telita
    Telita River

    The Telita River is a tributary of the Black Sea, Lake Babadag in Romania....


Lakes

  • Crapina Lake
  • Jijiei Lake
  • Traian Lake
  • Babadag Lake
  • Razim Lake
  • Zmeica Lake
  • Sinoe Lake
  • Tasaul Lake
  • Techirghiol Lake
    Techirghiol Lake

    Techirghiol is a lake in Northern Dobruja, Romania, near the Techirghiol with the same name....


Danube Delta

Main article Danube Delta
Danube Delta

The Danube river delta is the second largest delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent . The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania , while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine ....
The Danube Delta
Danube Delta

The Danube river delta is the second largest delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent . The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania , while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine ....
 consists of numerous lakes. The most important ones are:
  • Rosu
  • Isac
  • Gorgova
  • Furtuna
  • Ledeanca
  • Tatanir
  • Merhel
  • Matita
  • Uzlina
  • Dranov
  • Lumina
  • Puiu
  • Puiulet


History

The territory was under Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 rule until 1878, when it was awarded to Romania for its role in the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War
Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878

The Russo-Turkish War of 1877?1878 had its origins in a rise in nationalism in the Balkans as well as in the Russian Empiren goal of recovering territorial losses it had suffered during the Crimean War, reestablishing itself in the Black Sea and following the political movement attempting to free Balkan nations from the Ottoman Empire....
, and as compensation for the transfer of a region partly overlapping the Southern Bessarabia. Under the treaties of San Stefano
Treaty of San Stefano

The Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano was a treaty between Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire signed at the end of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877?78....
 and Berlin
Treaty of Berlin, 1878

The Treaty of Berlin was the final act of the Congress of Berlin , by which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria-Hungary, French Third Republic, German Empire, Kingdom of Italy , Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire under Abdul Hamid II revised the Treaty of San Stefano signed on March 3 of the same year....
, Romania received Northern Dobruja while the newly restored principality of Bulgaria received the smaller Southern part of the region. After the Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War

The Second Balkan War broke out on 16 June 1913 when Kingdom of Bulgaria attacked its erstwhile allies in the First Balkan War , Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Greece, while Kingdom of Montenegro, Kingdom of Romania and the Ottoman Empire intervened later against Bulgaria....
 in 1913, Romania also occupied the Bulgarian Southern Dobruja, which it ruled until the signing of the 1940 Treaty of Craiova
Treaty of Craiova

The Treaty of Craiova was signed on 7 September 1940 between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Romania. Under the terms of this treaty, Romania returned the Southern Dobruja of Dobruja to Bulgaria and agreed to participate in the organization of a Population transfer....
.

Heraldry

Northern Dobrogea is represented by two dolphin
Dolphin

File:Bottlenose_Dolphin_KSC04pd0178.jpgDolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genus....
s in the Coat of arms of Romania
Coat of arms of Romania

The Coat of arms of Romania was adopted in the Parliament of Romania on 10 September, 1992 as a representative coat of arms for Romania. It is based on the Lesser Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Romania ....
.