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Mangalia in Romaniapng
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Coa Mangalia ROjpg
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Constanţa County
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Municipality
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Zanfir Iorgus
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Social Democratic Party
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2004
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2003
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41,153
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http://wwwmangaliaro/
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is a city and a port on the
Romania n coast of the
Black Sea in the south-east of
Constanţa County .
A
Greek colony named ''Callatis'' was founded in the
4th Century BC during the rule of the
Macedonia n king
Amyntas III . Since the 9th century it was known by the Turks as ''Pangalia'', by the Romanians as ''Tomisovara'' and by the Greeks as ''Panglicara'' and it was one of the most important ports on the west coast of the Black Sea.
Mangalia is posistioned at 43°49’
Latitude and 28°35’
Longitude , with an approximate
Elevation of 10 meters, 44 km S of the municipality of
Constanta , S of the
Parallel of 44 N, on the same latitude as the French resort of
Nice . Mangalia also is the southernmost resort on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea.
Moderate maritime
Climate (annual average temperature 11.2°C) with hot summers (July average over 22°C) and mild winters (January average 0.2°C), Mangalia being the country's second place, after
Baile Herculane , with positive average temperatures in wintertime).
Spring comes early but is cool and
Autumn is long and warm. In
Summer time, the nebulosity is reduced (about 25 sunny days in a month) and the duration of sunshine is of 10-12 hours a day. Low
Precipitation (about 400 mm annualy).
The sea
Breeze is stronger in summer. The natural cure factors are the water of the Black Sea, which is chlorided, sulphated, sodic, magnesian, hypotonic (mineralization 15.5g), the sulphurous, chlorided, bicarbonated, sodic, calcic, mesothermal (21-28°C) mineral waters of the
Springs in the northern part of the city, in the area of the beach between Saturn and Venus, the sulphurous peat mud, rich in minerals, which is extracted from the peat bog north of the city (exploitation is estimated to last for 250 years) and the marine climate, rich in saline aerosols and
Solar Radiation that have a bracing effect on the
Organism .
The resort has a large, fine-sand beach developed for purposes of
Aeroheliotherapy and wave
Therapy , as well as high
Seawalls with a specific microclimate where one may benefit from
Inhalations of saline
Aerosols having therapeutic effects.
The
Scythian Tomb discovered in 1959 where archaeologists unearthed fragments of a papyrus in
Greek , the first document of this kind in Romania; the
Incineration tombs (the necropolis of the
Callatis citadel, dating back to the 4th-2nd centuries BC); the ruins of the Callatis citadel (
6th Century BC ); the Turkish
Mangalia Mosque (16th century); the Archaeology Museum which shelters a rich collection of amphorae and sculptures from the
Hellenistic epoch, fragments of stone
Sarcophagi , etc.
A special place called Killer is found near a
Meteorologic check-point. This is a place common among more bohemian couples, a romantic and spectacular place in winter and summer. The
Moon rises in its red colour from the Black Sea at nights in the summer, and in winter time at Killer the biggest waves can be found. Actually this is the reason why this place is called Killer: the giant waves that sweep the whole seawall during the winter.
The city has been known in recent years as the place where the largest . It is twinned with
Greenport , a coastal village on
Long Island (
New York State ,
USA ).
