Cernavodă
Cernavodă | |
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Cernavodă and the Danube-Black Sea Canal | |
Location in Constanța County | |
| Coordinates: 44°20′17″N 28°02′01″E / 44.33806°N 28.03361°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Constanța |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Liviu Negoiță (PNL) |
Area | 46.69 km2 (18.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01) | 15,088 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (840/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 905200 |
| Vehicle reg. | CT |
| Website | www |
Cernavodă (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃernaˈvodə]) is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania with a population of 15,088 as of 2021.
The town's name is derived from the Bulgarian černa voda (черна вода in Cyrillic), meaning 'black water'. This name is regarded by some scholars as a calque of the earlier Thracian name Axíopa, from IE *n̥ksei 'dark' and upā 'water' (cf. Avestan axšaēna- 'dark' and Lithuanian ùpė 'river, creek').