Amzacea

Amzacea
Commune
Amzacea Location of Amzacea
Coordinates: 43°57′32″N 28°23′46″E / 43.95889°N 28.39611°E / 43.95889; 28.39611Coordinates: 43°57′32″N 28°23′46″E / 43.95889°N 28.39611°E / 43.95889; 28.39611
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Component villages	Amzacea, Casicea, General Scărişoreanu
Government
• Mayor	Constantin Radu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	130.47 km² (50.37 sq mi)
Population (2011^[1])
• Total	2,607
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primaria-amzacea.ro

Amzacea (Romanian pronunciation: [amˈzatʃe̯a]) is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It includes three villages:

Amzacea (historical names: Amuza-aci,^[2] Turkish: Hamzaça, Amzaça)
Casicea (historical name: Maior Chiriacescu)^[2]
General Scărişoreanu (historical names: Enghez, Turkish: Engez) - named after the Romanian World War I General Constantin Scărişoreanu. Scărişoreanu received the promotion from Colonel to Brigadier General on the battlefield after the fierce defense of the Topraisar-Amzacea sector of the front by his division during the Second Battle of Cobadin.^[3]

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Amzacea had 2,231 Romanians (85.58%), 239 Turks (9.17%), 128 Tatars (4.91%), 4 Lipovans (0.15%), 5 others (0.19%).

↑ "Constanta 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.
1 2 Amzacea Village Hall, "Development Strategy of the Amzacea Commune" (PDF). , accessed on February 22, 2012
↑ (Romanian)Cristian Negrea, The Death of A Hero: General Stan Poetaş, accessed on February 22, 2012

Constanța County, Romania

Cities	Constanța (county seat) Mangalia Medgidia

Towns	Băneasa Cernavodă Eforie Hârșova Murfatlar Năvodari Negru Vodă Ovidiu Techirghiol

Communes	23 August Adamclisi Agigea Albești Aliman Amzacea Bărăganu Castelu Cerchezu Chirnogeni Ciobanu Ciocârlia Cobadin Cogealac Comana Corbu Costinești Crucea Cumpăna Cuza Vodă Deleni Dobromir Dumbrăveni Fântânele Gârliciu Ghindărești Grădina Horia Independența Ion Corvin Istria Limanu Lipnița Lumina Mereni Mihai Viteazu Mihail Kogălniceanu Mircea Vodă Nicolae Bălcescu Oltina Ostrov Pantelimon Pecineaga Peștera Poarta Albă Rasova Saligny Saraiu Săcele Seimeni Siliștea Târgușor Topalu Topraisar Tortoman Tuzla Valu lui Traian Vulturu

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