Tutrakan
Tutrakan
Тутракан Тurtucaia Тurtukaya | |
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| Coordinates: 44°3′N 26°37′E / 44.050°N 26.617°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Silistra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dimitar Stefanov |
| Elevation | 107 m (351 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,214 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 7600 |
| Area code | 0866 |
44°3′N 26°37′E / 44.050°N 26.617°E
Tutrakan (Bulgarian: Тутракан [ˈtutrɐkan], Romanian: Тurtucaia, Turkish: Turtukaya) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, an administrative centre of the homonymous municipality, part of Silistra Province. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian town of Oltenița (to which it was linked through a ferry but the ferry does not work anymore), in the very west of Southern Dobruja, 58 km east of Rousse and 62 km west of Silistra.