Dobruja or Dobrudja (US: / ˈ d oʊ b r ʊ dʒ ə /; Bulgarian: Добруджа, romanized: Dobrudzha or Dobrudža; Romanian: Dobrogea, pronounced [ˈdobrodʒe̯a] or [doˈbrodʒe̯a]; Turkish: Dobruca) is a historical region in the Balkans that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania.It is situated between the lower Danube River and the …

This article presents the demographic history of Romania through census results. See Demographics of Romania for a more detailed overview of the country's present-day demographics.. The 1930 census was the only one to cover Greater Romania.Censuses in 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002, and 2011 covered Romania's present-day territory, as does the …

The history of the Jews in Bulgaria goes back almost 2,000 years. Jews have had a continuous presence in historic Bulgarian lands since before the 2nd century CE, and have often played an important part in the history of Bulgaria.. Today, the majority of Bulgarian Jews live in Israel, while modern-day Bulgaria continues to host a modest Jewish population.

Tulcea (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtult͡ʃe̯a]; also known by other alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania.It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 73,707 as of 2011.One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city.

Bessarabia (/ ˌ b ɛ s ə ˈ r eɪ b i ə /; Gagauz: Besarabiya; Romanian: Basarabia; Ukrainian: Бессара́бія) is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Ukrainian Budjak region covering the southern coastal region and part of the Ukrainian ...

The Gagauz (Gagauz: Gagauzlar) are a Turkic people living mostly in southern Moldova (Gagauzia, Taraclia District, Basarabeasca District) and southwestern Ukraine (). Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. The term Gagauz is also often used as a collective naming of Turkic people living in the Balkans, speaking Gagauz language, a language seperated from …

Budjak or Budzhak (Bulgarian and Ukrainian: Буджак; Romanian: Bugeac; Gagauz and Turkish: Bucak), historically part of Bessarabia until 1812, is a historical region in Ukraine and Moldova.Lying along the Black Sea between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this sparsely populated multi-ethnic 600,000-people region of 13,188 km 2 (5,092 sq mi) is located in the …

Romanian (obsolete spellings: Rumanian or Roumanian; autonym: limba română [ˈlimba roˈmɨnə] (), or românește, lit. 'in Romanian') is the official and main language of Romania and the Republic of Moldova.As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania (Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, and Ukraine), and by the large Romanian diaspora.

History. The Greek town 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. The Vlachs called it Tomisovara and the Greeks called it Panglicara. From the 16th century the town had acquired its present name, Mangalia.

Bardylis, a Dardanian chieftain, created a kingdom which turned Illyria into a formidable local power in the 4th century BC. The main cities of this kingdom were Scodra (present-day Shkodra, Albania) and Rhizon (present-day Risan, Montenegro).In 359 BC, King Perdiccas III of Macedon was killed by attacking Illyrians.. But in 358 BC, Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the …