Murfatlar
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::data[format=table title="Infobox Romanian subdivision"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | town |
| county | Constanța |
| official_name | Murfatlar |
| subdivisions | Siminoc |
| image_shield | ROU CT Murfatlar CoA.png |
| image_skyline | Murfatlar1.jpg |
| image_map | Murfatlar jud Constanta.jpg |
| map_caption | Location in Constanța County |
| leader_name | Gheorghe Cojocaru |
| leader_term | 2024–2028 |
| leader_party | PNL |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 110 |
| area_total | 69.25 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 905100 |
| area_code | (+40) 02 41 |
| website | |
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Murfatlar () is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
Etymology
The name of the town originates from the Turkish word of Arabic origin murvet (meaning "generous man").
Between 1921 and 1965, and from 1975 to 2007, the locality was known as Basarabi. On June 26, 2007 the lower house of Romania's Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, approved a proposal to have the name changed back to Murfatlar, România Liberă, *Oraşul natal al lui Băsescu nu se mai numeste Basarabi, ci Murfatlar * (Băsescu's hometown is no longer called Basarabi, but Murfatlar), June 26, 2007 which was also ratified by the Senate and promulgated by the president of Romania on December 20, 2007.
Administration
Murfatlar is a port on the Danube–Black Sea Canal and has a population of 9, 173 as of 2021. A complex of caves was found carved in the hills nearby, see the Basarabi Cave Complex.
The village of Siminoc (historical name: Turc-Murfat) is administered by the town of Murfatlar. The name of the village comes from the flower Helichrysum arenarium (siminoc in Romanian), which can be found abundantly in the area.
The Murfatlar Vineyard and Basarabi Cave Complex are located nearby.
Demographics
|source = Census data |1992 |10742 |2002 |10857 |2011 |9634 |2021 |9173
At the 2021 census, Murfatlar had a population of 9,173. At the 2011 census, the town had 9,634 residents; of those, 8,657 were Romanians (89.86%), 547 Tatars (5.68%), 236 Roma (2.45%), 134 Turks (1.39%), 9 Hungarians (0.09%), 3 Aromanians (0.03%), 16 others (0.17%), and 32 with undeclared ethnicity (0.33%).
Natives
Murfatlar is the birthplace of the 4th Romanian president, Traian Băsescu.
Image gallery
Image:MurtfaltalrDanubeChannel.JPG|Danube–Black Sea Canal at Murfatlar Image:MurfatlarDanubeChannel2.JPG|Danube–Black Sea Canal at Murfatlar Image:MurtfatlarBridge.JPG|Bridge over the Danube–Black Sea Canal at Murfatlar
References
References
- "Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
- {{in lang. ro [http://www.primaria-murfatlar.ro/istoric.html Murfatlar's History] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-06-11 , Murfatlar City Hall, accessed on June 23, 2008)
- {{in lang. Chamber of Deputies]], accessed June 23, 2008
- {{in lang. ro [http://www.primaria-murfatlar.ro/istoric.html Murfatlar's History] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-06-11 , Murfatlar City Hall, accessed on June 23, 2008)
- (31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
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