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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = commune
|county                 = Călărași
|population_total       = auto
|map_caption            = Location in Călărași County
|coordinates            = {{coord|44|12|N|26|35|E|source:itwiki_region:RO|display=it}}
|official_name=Curcani
|established_date       = 24 September 1878 (first attested)
|image_map=Curcani jud Calarasi.png
}}
'''Curcani''' is a [[communes of Romania|commune]] in [[Călărași County]], [[Muntenia]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of two villages, Curcani and Sălcioara.

At the 2002 census, there were 5233 inhabitants. Of these, 65.8% were [[Romanians|ethnic Romanians]] and 34.1% [[Roma in Romania|Roma]]; 99.6% were [[Romanian Orthodox]].

The commune's name, meaning "[[Turkey (bird)|turkeys]]", was bestowed in the aftermath of the [[Romanian War of Independence]], and refers to a nickname given to [[Dorobanț (military)|Dorobanț]] troops.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Ioan Birghila, [http://www.primariacurcani.ro/mono.doc Monografia Comunei Curcani]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, at the Curcani Town Hall site; accessed April 20, 2013</ref>

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{{Călăraşi County}}
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[[Category:Communes in Călărași County|Curcani]]
[[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1878]]

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