Măcin

Măcin
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Coordinates: 45°14′44″N 28°7′23″E / 45.24556, 28.12306
Măcin
Măcin Location of Măcin
Country	Romania
County	Tulcea County
Status	Town
Government
- Mayor	Ionel Mândra (Conservative Party)
Area
- Total	44 km² (17 sq mi)
Population (2002)
- Total	11,803
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://macin.romclub.ro/

Măcin (Turkish: Maçin) is a town in Tulcea County, Dobrogea, Romania.

History

The town is located on an ancient Celtic settlement, named Arrubium. It was then included in the Dacian kingdoms of Rhemaxos and Zyraxes, then conquered by the Roman Empire, which stationed a cavalry unit in this place between 99 and 241. Part of the Byzantine Empire and later Ottoman Empire, it was included for some time in the Wallachian and Moldavian voivodates.

It was the site of the Battle of Măcin in 1791.

v • d • e Tulcea County

Municipalities and cities and towns	Tulcea (county seat) · Babadag · Isaccea · Măcin · Sulina

Communes	Baia • Beidaud • Beştepe • C. A. Rosetti • Carcaliu • Casimcea • Ceamurlia de Jos • Ceatalchioi • Cerna • Chilia Veche • Ciucurova • Crişan • Dăeni • Dorobanţu • Frecăţei • Greci • Grindu • Hamcearca • Horia • I.C. Brătianu • Izvoarele • Jijila • Jurilovca • Luncaviţa • Mahmudia • Maliuc • Mihai Bravu • Mihai Kogălniceanu • Murighiol • Nalbant • Niculiţel • Nufăru • Ostrov • Pardina • Peceneaga • Sarichioi • Sfântu Gheorghe • Slava Cercheză • Smărdan • Somova • Stejaru • Topolog • Turcoaia • Valea Nucarilor • Valea Teilor • Văcăreni

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