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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = commune
|county                 = Tulcea
|population_total       = auto
|map_caption            = Location in Tulcea County
|subdivisions           = Cloșca, Florești, Horia
| name                    = Horia
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| image_map               = Horia jud Tulcea.png
| coordinates             = {{coord|45|01|N|28|27|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
| established_date        = 
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 42.00
|leader_name            = Marian Taifas<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=14 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_term            = 2020&ndash;2024
|leader_party           = PSD
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| website                 = {{url|https://www.primariahoria.ro/}}
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'''Horia'''  is a [[Communes of Romania|commune]] in [[Tulcea County]], [[Northern Dobruja]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of three [[village]]s: Cloșca  (formerly called ''Dautcea'' and, after 1912, ''Încoronarea''), Florești (formerly called ''Islam Geaferca'') and Horia (formerly called ''Ortachioi'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primariaonline.ro/judet-Tulcea/primarie-Horia/m/1/lang/2|title=Horia, Tulcea, general information}}</ref> and [[Marie of Romania|''Regina Maria'']] from 1924 to 1947).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eboVcgAACAAJ|title=The Monography of Horia commune (Ortachioi - Regina Maria) from Tulcea county, author - Ioan Corleanca, teacher of history at the school in Horia, language:ro|isbn=9789737828293|last1=Corleancă|first1=Ioan|year=2007}}</ref>

== History ==

The village ''Horia'' was first mentioned on the maps of the 18th century, as a small community with a few villages. In the 19th century it had the Turkish name ''Ortachioi'', and at the beginning of the 20th century, the village received the name "Regina Maria" (after [[Marie of Romania|Queen Marie of Romania]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/|title=The Royal Family of Romania}}</ref>). From 1947 to the present days, the village bears the name Horia.

== Ethnic structure ==

Horia was grounded by a Muslim community, to which added in time Romanians and Bulgarians. Nowadays it comprises mostly Romanian population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.placelook.com/article/comuna-horia-judetul-tulcea-descriere |title=Horia commune, Tulcea county, description }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Cultural personalities of the village ==

* Gheorghe C. Mihalcea,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.personalia.tulcealibrary.ro/Mihalcea%20Gh.%20Volume,%20articole,%20referinte.pdf |title=Gheorghe Mihalcea: Volumes, articles, references }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://demo.tinread.ro/opac/author/110588;jsessionid=D4BD668933450B18D40BF9B4735CA3ED|title=Mihalcea, Gheorghe C.|access-date=2012-06-14|archive-date=2015-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419205110/http://demo.tinread.ro/opac/author/110588;jsessionid=D4BD668933450B18D40BF9B4735CA3ED|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crispedia.ro/Gheorghe_C__Mihalcea |title=Gheorghe Mihalcea: folklorist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419204313/http://www.crispedia.ro/Gheorghe_C__Mihalcea |archive-date=2015-04-19 }}</ref> PhD in [[philology]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulcealibrary.ro/Specialisti%20cu%20doctorat%20jud.%20Tulcea.pdf|title=Gheorghe Mihalcea listed as specialist with PhD studies in Tulcea county}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> folklorist <ref>{{cite web|url=http://usr-dobrogea.ro/?page_id=404%C3%82|title=Reference to Gheorghe Mihalcea|access-date=2012-06-14|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221317/http://usr-dobrogea.ro/?page_id=404%C3%82|url-status=dead}}</ref> and teacher at the school in Horia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ecoscoalahoria.webgarden.ro/|title=Eco-school Horia|access-date=2012-06-14|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304040710/http://ecoscoalahoria.webgarden.ro/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [https://www.primariahoria.ro/ Mayor's Office in Horia]
* [https://www.cjtulcea.ro/sites/cjtulcea/HartaInteractiva/Comune/Horia.pdf Horia commune - Document from Tulcea County authorities]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141219052551/http://www.panoramio.com/map#lt=45.022161&ln=28.438399&z=4&k=2&a=1&tab=1&pl=all#lt=45.022161&ln=28.438399&z=4&k=2&a=1&tab=1&pl=all  Horia on google map]
* [http://ecoscoalahoria.webgarden.ro Eco-school Horia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304040710/http://ecoscoalahoria.webgarden.ro/ |date=2021-03-04 }}
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Horia commune, Tulcea}}

{{Tulcea County}}

[[Category:Communes in Tulcea County]]
[[Category:Localities in Northern Dobruja]]

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