Constanţa Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids

Municipiul Constanţa

Coat of arms

Country

County

Area

• City

1,121.66 km² (433.08 sq mi)

Population

(2002)

• City

310,471

• Density

376/km² (970/sq mi)

• Urban

650,000

• Metro

550,000

• 2006

306,200 (January 1)

• Ethnic groups

Postal code

900xxx

Languages

Website

www.primaria-constanta.ro

Sister cities: Sulmona, Turku, Yokohama, Brest, Istanbul, Rotterdam, Odessa, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dobrich, Thessaloniki, Mobile, Trapani, Sidon, Lattakia, Heraklion, İzmir, Alexandria, Santos, Havana, Shanghai, Perugia, Novorossiysk.

Constanţa is the largest Romanian seaport on the Black Sea. It is the largest city in Dobruja. It is also the capital of Constanţa County and one of the biggest cities in Romania.

Images for kids

Ruins of Tomis
Casino after the occupation of the port of Constanța by Soviet sailors in 1944.
Statue of Ovid in front of the Museum of National History
Constanța panorama in 1910
Constanța Prefecture (nowadays the Constanța Military Circle) damaged during city's occupation by the Central Powers (1916–1918)
The port of Constanța in 1941
Mamaia, view towards Constanța
The port of Kustendje/Köstence in 1856. Drawing by Camille Allard
View toward Constanța shipyard
A2 motorway, also known as "Sun's Highway"
One of Constanța's distinctive pink MAZ buses, running on Route 44
The Casino at sunset
The Genoese Lighthouse
Details from the House with Lions
The Grand Mosque of Constanța, the centre of Islam in Romania.
The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
The Ottoman Hunkar mosque in Constanța is still used by the Muslim minority