Mangalia

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Mangalia
Municipality
From top, left to right: Olimp beach Mangalia port Historic Lighthouse Ruins of the ancient city of Callatis
Coat of arms
Location in Constanța County
Mangalia Location in Romania
Coordinates: 43°49′02″N 28°34′58″E / 43.81722°N 28.58278°E / 43.81722; 28.58278
Country	Romania
County	Constanța
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Cristian Radu[1] (PNL)
Area	62.26 km2 (24.04 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	31,950
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	CT
Website	www.mangalia.ro

Mangalia (Romanian pronunciation: [maŋˈɡali.a] ^ⓘ, Turkish: Mankalya), ancient Callatis (Greek: Κάλλατις/Καλλατίς; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

The municipality of Mangalia also administers several summertime seaside resorts: Cap Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun, Olimp, Saturn, Venus.

History

The

Callatis existed until the mid-7th century under this name. Life in the town resumed from the 10th century. In the 13th century Callatis came to be known as Pangalia.[5] The Vlachs called it Tomisovara^[6] and the Greeks called it Panglicara.^[6] From the 16th century the town had acquired its present name, Mangalia.

Sights

A Roman Byzantine building has been excavated against the city wall and next to a street paved with big limestone tiles and which has a channel on its longitudinal axis. It is composed of an atrium with a complex system for collecting rainwater, a palace composed of monumental halls with columns and a basilica. It was probably a bishop's palace.

Geography and climate

Mangalia is positioned at 43°49’

• The city has been well known in recent years as the place where one of the largest summer festivals in Romania takes place: Callatis Festival;
• 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 Esmahan Sultan Mosque (16th century);
• The Archaeology Museum which shelters a rich collection of amphorae and sculptures from the
  sarcophagi
  ;
• Mangalia Marina

Gallery

• 
  4th-/7th-century Roman-Byzantine archaeological display from the ancient city of

  Callatis

  , housed in the basement of Hotel New Belvedere
• 
  Esmahan Sultan Mosque
• 
  Marina

Natives

• Denis Alibec (born 1991), footballer
• Andreea Ana (born 2000), freestyle wrestler
• Marius Antonescu (born 1992), rugby union player
• Florin Bejan (born 1991), footballer
• Radu Doicaru (born 1979), footballer
• Inna (born 1986), singer
• Mihai Lămboiu (born 1997), rugby union player
• Rareș Murariu (born 1999), footballer
• Claudia Pavel (born 1984), pop singer and dancer
• Antoaneta Sabău (born 1982), classicist, translator, and editor
• Satyrus the Peripatetic (c. 3rd century BC), Greek peripatetic philosopher and historian
• Gheorghe Vitanidis (1929–1994), film director

Politics

The current mayor of Mangalia is Cristian Radu (PNL).^[1]

The Mangalia Municipal Council, elected in the 2020 local government elections, is made up of 19 councilors, with the following party composition:^[1]

International relations

Mangalia is

References

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1. Alexandru Avram. Kallatis. - In: Ancient Greek Colonies in the Black Sea. Vol. 1. Eds. Dimitrios V. Grammenos and Elias K. Petropoulos. Oxford, Archaeopress, 2001 (BAR International Series; 1675 (1-2)), 239–286.