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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = commune
|county                 = Constanța
|population_total       = auto
|image_map              = Amzacea jud Constanta.jpg
|map_caption            = Location in Constanța County
|subdivisions           = Amzacea, Casicea, General Scărișoreanu
|official_name=Amzacea
|image_shield=
|leader_name            = Romică Stan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=15 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_term            = 2020&ndash;2024
|leader_party           = PSD
|area_total_km2=130.47
|coordinates            = {{coord|43|57|32|N|28|23|46|E|region:RO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
|website={{url|http://www.primaria-amzacea.ro}}
}}
'''Amzacea''' ({{IPA|ro|amˈzatʃe̯a}}) is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Constanța County]], [[Northern Dobruja]], [[Romania]]. It includes three villages:
* Amzacea (historical names: Amuza-aci,<ref name="ACH">Amzacea Village Hall, {{cite web |url= http://www.primaria-amzacea.ro/documente/STRATEGIA%20%20COMUNEI%20AMZACEA.pdf |title= Development Strategy of the Amzacea Commune |access-date= 2012-02-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023236/http://www.primaria-amzacea.ro/documente/STRATEGIA%20%20COMUNEI%20AMZACEA.pdf |archive-date= 2016-03-04 |url-status= dead }}, accessed on February 22, 2012</ref> {{langx|tr|Hamzaça}}, ''Amzaça'')
* Casicea (historical name: ''Maior Chiriacescu'')<ref name="ACH"/>
* General Scărișoreanu (historical names:  ''Enghez'', {{langx|tr|Engez}}) - named after the Romanian [[Romania in World War I|World War I]] General {{Interlanguage link|Constantin Scărișoreanu|ro}}. Scărișoreanu 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 [[9th Mechanized Brigade (Romania)|division]] during the [[Second Battle of Cobadin]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Cristian Negrea, [http://cristiannegrea.blogspot.com/2011/11/moartea-unui-erou-generalul-stan-poetas.html The Death of A Hero: General Stan Poetaș], accessed on February 22, 2012</ref>

==Demographics==
At the 2011 census, Amzacea had 2,231 Romanians (85.58%), 239 [[Turks of Romania|Turks]] (9.17%), 128 [[Tatars of Romania|Tatars]] (4.91%), 4 [[Lipovans]] (0.15%), 5 others (0.19%).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20091228024419/http://www.cjc.ro/Info%20localitati/Localitati/Amzacea.htm Amzacea on the website of the Constanţa County Council]
* {{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203505/http://www.primaria-amzacea.ro/populatie.htm Population], Amzacea official site

{{Constanţa County}}

[[Category:Communes in Constanța County]]
[[Category:Localities in Northern Dobruja]]
[[Category:Place names of Turkish origin in Romania]]


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