Topalu

Topalu is a commune located on the right bank of the Danube in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

Topalu
Commune
Location in Constanța County
Topalu
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°33′N 28°3′E
Country Romania
CountyConstanța
SubdivisionsTopalu, Capidava
Government
 • MayorValentin Stanciu[1] (PNL)
Area
79.29 km2 (30.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
1,785
 • Density23/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitewww.primariatopalu.ro

Administration

The commune includes two villages:

  • Topalu (historical name: Turkish: Topal)
  • Capidava (historical names: Calichioi, Turkish: Kaleköy)

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Topalu had 1,707 Romanians (99.94%), 1 others (0.06%).[3]

History
Capidava on Tabula Peutingeriana (upper center)

Tabula Peutingeriana

Capidava is depicted in the form Calidava/Calidaua in Segmentum VIII of Tabula Peutingeriana (1st-4th century AD) on a Roman road between Axiopolis and Carsium.[4][5] The map provides accurate data on the distances between Axiopolis, Capidava and Carsium. These distances coincide with the distances between the present localities of Hinog - Capidava and Capidava - Hârșova. This is also verified by the discovery of military marking pillar at Seimenii Mici that indicates the distance of 18,000 feet (27 km) from Axiopolis to Capidava.[6]

Ancient times
Ruins of the Geto-Dacian fortress Capidava

The village Capidava is the site of the fortified Geto-Dacian center with the same name, Capidava.

After the Roman conquest of Dacia it became a Roman city and castra in the province of Scythia Minor (modern Dobruja).

Etymology

Capidava is a Getic toponym, meaning the "curve fortified settlement".[6]

See also

Notes
  1. "Rezultate finale în judeţul Constanţa. Iată care sunt noii primari din judeţ!" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  4. Tabula Peutingeriana, Segmentum VIII,3.
  5. Olteanu, Toponyms.
  6. Capidava cIMeC.

References

Ancient

Modern
  • Florescu, Radu; Manea, Florentina. Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Irina; Bor, Corina (eds.). "Capidava". Bucharest, Romania: Institute for Cultural Memory (Institutul de Memorie Culturală) - cIMeC. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  • Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

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