Dobruja Facts for Kids

Map of Dobruja

Dobruja is an area between Bulgaria and Romania. It can be found between the Danube and the Black Sea.

The Romanian part of Dobruja, Dobrogea, is made up of the counties of Constanţa and Tulcea. The Bulgarian part of Dobruja, Dobrudzha, is made up of the regions of Dobrich and Silistra.

This historical region however, sees today, little but significant nationalistic conflict, for who, out of the coastal Balkan countries should control the western coastal lying areas of the Black Sea.

The areas of interest are seen to varying amounts of tourism amongst the Black Sea and its huge saline content, which brings in a leveled amount of income in the tourism sectors of the Dobruja region, i.e. Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine.

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Woods and agricultural land in the Northern Dobruja Plateau
Steppe and agricultural land in the Central Dobruja Plateau
Rocky shores characteristic for the Southern Dobrujan coast
Ruins of the first Greek colony in the region, Istros
The Tropaeum Traiani monument in Adamclisi commemorating Roman victory over Dacians (Modern reconstruction)
Monument to Asparukh, the founder of the First Bulgarian State, in Dobrich; Dobruja was part of Asparukh's conquest in the 7th century
Kaliakra fortress, the seat of the autonomous Dobrujan Principality
Principality of Dobrotici/Dobrotitsa during the 1370s
Dobruja (Terra Dobrotici) as part of Wallachia under Mircea the Elder
Map of the Danube mouths from 1867 by Heinrich Kiepert
The port of Kustendje in 1856. Drawing by Camille Allard
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Romanian troops triumphantly cross the Danube into Northern Dobruja, in a colourful patriotic lithograph, 1878
Ethnic groups in Dobruja around 1918
Constanța
Tulcea
Medgidia
Mangalia
Dobrich
Silistra

Dobruja facts for kids

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