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Map of Romania with Northern Dobruja highlighted

Northern Dobruja (Romanian: Dobrogea; Bulgarian: Северна Добруджа, Severna Dobrudzha) is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in south by Bulgarian Southern Dobruja.

[edit] Geography

The territory of Northern Dobrogea now forms the counties of Constanţa and Tulcea, with a combined area of 15,500 km² and population of now slightly over a million.

[edit] Cities

• Constanţa
• Tulcea
• Medgidia
• Mangalia.

[edit] Rivers

• Casimcea
• Slava
• Taiţa
• Teliţa

[edit] Lakes

• Crapina Lake
• Jijiei Lake
• Traian Lake
• Babadag Lake
• Razim Lake
• Zmeica Lake
• Sinoe Lake
• Taşaul Lake
• Techirghiol Lake

[edit] Danube Delta

Main article Danube Delta

The Danube Delta consists of numerous lakes. The most important ones are:

• Roşu
• Isac
• Gorgova
• Furtuna
• Ledeanca
• Tatanir
• Merhel
• Matiţa
• Uzlina
• Dranov
• Lumina
• Puiu
• Puiuleţ

[edit] History

The territory was under Ottoman rule until 1878, when it was awarded to Romania for its role in the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War, and as compensation for the transfer of a region partly overlapping the Southern Bessarabia. Under the treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, Romania received Northern Dobruja while the newly restored principality of Bulgaria received the smaller Southern part of the region. After the Second Balkan War in 1913, Romania also occupied the Bulgarian Southern Dobruja, which it ruled until the signing of the 1940 Treaty of Craiova.

[edit] Heraldry

Northern Dobrogea is represented by two dolphins in the Coat of arms of Romania.

v • d • e Historical regions in Romania Banat (1918–)a • Dobruja (Northern Dobruja (1878–)• Southern Dobruja (1913–40) • Moldavia (1866–) (Bessarabia (1918–40; 1941–44)b • Bukovinac • Hertza (1866–1940; 1941–44)) • Transylvania (1918–)ad (Crişana • Maramureş) • Wallachia (1866-) (Muntenia • Oltenia) aDe jure since 1920.     bCahul, Ismail and Bolgrad in Romania, 1866–78.     cSouthern Bukovina in Romania 1918–; Northern Bukovina, 1918–40;     dNorthern Transylvania in Hungary, 1940–44.