Negru Vodă, Constanța

For other uses, see Negru Vodă.

Negru Vodă
Town
Image from the town center Image from the town center
Coat of arms of Negru Vodă Coat of arms
Negru Vodă Location of Negru Vodă, Constanţa
Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Town
villages	Darabani, Vâlcele
Government
• Mayor	Ion Nicolin (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	164 km2 (63 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,933
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primaria-negru-voda.ro/

Negru Vodă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌneɡru ˈvodə], historical names: Caraomer, Turkish: Karaömer) is a town in Constanţa County, Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. The town is close to the border with Bulgaria and there is a border crossing linking Negru Voda to the Bulgarian village Kardam.

The name is probably derived from the legendary Radu Negru (also known as Negru Vodă, the "Black Prince"), founder and ruler of Wallachia.

It has an area of 164.9 square kilometres (63.7 sq mi).

Administration

The following villages are administered by the town of Negru Vodă:

• Darabani (historical names: Daulchioi, Turkish: Davulköy)
• Vâlcele (historical names: Valalî, Turkish: Valalı)

Although still mentioned in the official documents as part of the township, the village of Grăniceru (historical names: Canlî Ciucur, Turkish: Kanlı Çukur), located at , is currently deserted.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1992	5,458	—
2002	5,529	+1.3%
2011	4,933	−10.8%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, Negru Vodă had 4,698 Romanians (95.24%), 160 Roma (3.24%), 43 Turks (0.87%), 28 Tatars (0.57%), 4 others (0.08%).

Gallery

• Negru Voda WW1 memorial.jpg

  World War I memorial