Baia, Tulcea
Baia is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.
Villages
The commune includes five villages:
- Baia (Hamangia until 1929, Turkish: Hamamci)
- Camena
- Caugagia (Turkish: Kavgaci)
- Ceamurlia de Sus (Yeni Kazak until ca. 1855)
- Panduru (Potur until 1929)
History
In 1953, archaeological excavations on a site along the Lake Golovița, near Baia, led to the discovery of a new Middle Neolithic culture, named after the commune. Further research has shown that the culture, with Mediterranean origins, extended across Dobruja and North-Eastern Bulgaria. The culture's most notable artefact is an anthropomorphic statuette in terra cotta, known as The Thinker, which was discovered at Cernavodă.
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.