Comana is a commune in

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. The commune includes three villages: * Comana (historical name: ''Mustafa Agi'', ) * Tătaru (historical name: ''Azaplar'') * Pelinu (historical name: ''Carachioi'', ) The former village of ''Orzari'' (historical name: ''Erebiler'') was merged with the village of Comana by the 1968 administrative reform.

Geography

The commune is located in the southern part of Constanța County, southwest on the county seat,

Constanța Constanța (, , ) is a city in the Dobruja Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Romania. A port city, it is the capital of Constanța County and the country's Cities in Romania, fourth largest city and principal port on the Black ...

. It is crossed by

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(part of European route E675), which connects Constanța with the nearby town of Negru Vodă, on the

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Demographics

At the 2011 census, Comana had 1,804 inhabitants; of those, 1,543 were

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(89.50%), 161

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
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(9.34%), 17 Turks (0.99%), and 3 others (0.17%). At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,639, of which 84% were Romanians, 6% Tatars, and 1.1% Turks.

Natives

* Şahip Bolat Abdurrahim from ''Azaplar''/''Tătaru'',

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(1933–1937) * Septar Mehmet Yakub from ''Azaplar''/''Tătaru'', Mufti of

(1947–1990)

References

Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanța-geo-stub