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Constanta City
Located on the South-East side of Romania, on the Black Sea Coast
Constanta's population of 310,000 people is predominately Romanian. However
there are also other nationalities including Turks, Gypsies, Russians, Ukrainians,
Bulgarians, Armenians, Tartars, Greeks, and Germans. Constanta also has a diverse
religious community with Orthodox, Roman-Catholic, Greco-Catholic, Protestant,
and Muslim.
Constanta is the main port in Romania and the fourth in Europe. After Bucharest,
Constanta is the second largest city in Romania as number of inhabitants, economic
importance, and commercial development.
Tourism and the Port are the main source of income for the citizens of Constanta.
Constanta is the second European port in terms of area, equipment and volume of
merchandise, it’s a hub between Middle East and Western Europe, and it also
connects to Hungary, Austria, Germany and to Rotterdam through the Danube-Black
Sea Channel.
Constanta also has a huge shipyard for making and reparing ships, with terminals for
exporting grain or temporary stocking oil; the oil will be transferred to one of the
biggest oil refinery in South-Eastern Europe situated in Navodari.
Constanta has over 500 schools including secondary and primary institutions. Some
classes are bi-lingual for the minority student population. Constanta has many
private and state universities, such as “Ovidius” University, an important educational
centre of the city, and also the only Maritime University in Romania.
With it’s mild continental climate, it is ideal for summer vacations. Constanta is
situated on the Black Sea and near the Danube Delta. Some of the most beautiful
scenery, flowers and unique animals in the world can be admired by many foreign
and Romanian tourists.
The Mamaia resort, which is part of Constanta, has a beach that extends 8
kilometers with fine sand and a width of 100 meters. It is the largest seasonal resort
with a capacity to hold thirty thousand people in 2 to 5 stars hotels.
Mamaia has lots of new restaurants with a wide variety of foods, discos and night
clubs, as well as Aqua Magic, the largest water park in South-Eastern Europe. There
are also 8 nautical bases on the sea and lake that offer many activities for tourists
such
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windsurfing,
nautical skiing. By means of the aerial cable installation named ‘TELEGONDOLE”, the
tourists can admire panoramic views of Mamaia and Black Sea coast 50 meters
above the ground. In the last years, because of the massive investment, Mamaia has
regained her name, “The pearl of the Romanian Sea Side.” It is the preferred spot for
Romanian and foreign tourist alike.
Constanta, one of the oldest cities in Romania, has recorded its passing through the
centuries by its museums such as:
The National History and Archeology Museum includes a wide range of archeological
documents dating back from the oldest traces of human life.
The Art Museum exhibits picture and sculpture works of the well known Romanian
artists, the Folk Art Museum exhibits over 16.000 items from Romanian folkart (such
as tissues, ceramics, national costumes), the Romanian Naval Museum, the “Ion
Jalea” Museum ( exhibits over 100 sculpture and graphic works), The Aquarium, The
Planetarium, The Delphinarium etc.
Other important cultural units are The “ Black Sea” Philarmonic Orchestra, The State
Theatre, The Puppets Theatre, “ Oleg Danovski” Theatre etc
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The sister cities shall encourage co-operation among specialized structures of the
local public authorities, in order to capitalize fully on each other’s experience in the
fields of culture, arts, tourism, environment, health and sports.
Preferred countries
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The Czech Republic
Contact person:
Liviu Tramudana
Position:
Communication
language:
Head of the International Relations Department
Address:
Tomis Boulevard no 51, Constanta City, Romania, zip code 900725
Phone:
0040722326719, 0040241488129
Fax:
0040241488195
E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]
Web page:
www.primaria-constanta.ro
Brest (France), Istanbul (Turkey), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Sankt-Petersburg
(Russia), Shanghai (China), Sulmona (Italy), Yokohama (Japan) and others
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