Murighiol
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Murighiol (Independența from 1983 to 1996) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of seven villаges:
- Murighiol
- Plopul (formerly Beibudzac)
- Colina (Template:Langx)
- Dunavățu de Jos (Template:Langx)
- Dunavățu de Sus (Template:Langx)
- Sarinasuf
- Uzlina
The commune is lies in the southeastern part of the county, on the southern side of the Danube Delta. It covers an area of Template:Cvt, bordered to the north by the Sfântu Gheorghe branch of the Danube, Lake Razelm to the west, and the Black Sea to the south.
At the 2011 census, 94.6% of the inhabitants were Romanians, 4.5% Ukrainians, and 0.4% Turks.
The commune's name is of Turkish origin: moru ("violet") and göl ("lake") compounded to mean "violet lake".[1]
The archaeological site of Halmyris is located near the village of Murighiol. Halmyris was a Roman legionary fort from the 1st–4th centuries CE. It is currently under excavation.
References
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- ↑ Limba română, p.264. Institutul de Lingvistică din București, 1978
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