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What is this "Great wall of Trajan" that 1911 Britannica talks about ? Is it really such a wall near Constanta ? I couldn't find any reference on the web. Bogdan | Talk 18:38, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

There was a wall about where is the border of Wallachia and Moldova. Could be that? Can you give a link? MihaiC 18 Dec 2004

There is a wall built by Romans in Tomis, protecting the North - North-West side, it's currently known (at least by me :-)) as The Old City. The zone it's in is now a park and an outdoor museum. The wall was built in the III-rd century A.D., at which time Trajan was dead. I will try to get more info on this, especially what is its proper name. Gcbirzan 01:19, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

On second thought, it might be refering to Trajan's Wave. Gcbirzan 02:06, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC) yet i think it was reffering to the trajan vawe,the remanents of the old city walls seen near city hall we're built by the greeks and yep it';s a park and outdoor museum —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.48.0 (talk) 19:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

There is no 'main square' in Constanta
A statue of Ovid stands in the main square of Constanta, in front of the History Museum (the former City Hall).

That is not really true. The square the article is called Ovid Square (Piaţa Ovidiu).

If anything, the main square is the one in front of the current City Hall, which is near km 0 (center of town) and the old mosaic/Roman wall. Granted, it's sort of a park/square combination thingy, whose name is unkown. Best I've been able to come up with was 'Central Park'. Gcbirzan 15:23, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * I'm from Constanta. That park from the city hall is called 'Parcul Arheologic' (Archeological Park). Anonymous

Sounds better, heh. While I don't mean to claim you're wrong, I'm not familiar with that name myself. Do you have any sources for this, or is this solely based on your personal knowledge (I've asked friends and family, and neither seem to know of that park having a name. Same for the park down on Tomis avenue, from the municipal hospital.)? gcbirzan 22:05, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

My source is "popular culture". If I'm not mistaken, I've once heard the mayor calling that park by the same name. The park on Tomis avenue is named "Parcul Tineretului", but I'm not sure about that either. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask. I find the page of Constanta on Wikipedia quite lacking in informations. Pirlinho (I'm the same as Anonymous above, just that I've registered now) constantza doesn't have a "main square" the Ovidiu square used to be the main square in the days of the old town but by the time the old city hall was built and the modern,post 18th century city was founded, it was considerably reduced in size..constantza doesn't have a circular structure so no central square  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.48.0 (talk) 19:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

The Romanians are 59.46% of Constanta's population?
That's what the romanian version says. Where did you guys get this info? I lived there and it certainly did not seem like it. The city's offical site does not give any numbers? Did you consult the Romanian census of 2001? —This unsigned comment is by 24.201.83.39 (talk • contribs).

Romanians are somewhere around 90%, with Turks and Tatars being 7% together. That number you've quoted is obviously wrong. May have been a typo. Pirlinho 17:34, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

you can find census result here - Anonimu 08:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Any reason for putting all those nationalities in the template? Wouldn't be Romanian, Turk and Tatars (maybe Aromanians too if we can find some estimation that shows an important communitty) enough? Greeks are about 550, and the rest (Germans, Armenian) all under 400. Anonimu 14:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

well an unofficial estimate states that around 80% of the population is romanian,around 7% turks tatars 4%arromanians and the rest is formed out of gypseys and other population groups.however it is difficult to asses the actual number of rommas in constanta since a large procent of them do have turkish blood and are intermixed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.48.145 (talk) 11:00, 13 August 2008 (UTC) a lot of native inhabitants of constantza are of mixed blood but declare themselves romanians,constantza it used to be a very ethnichally diverse place before 1954 and by romanian standards it still is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.48.0 (talk) 19:31, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Modern History
I'm going to add a small bit of WW1 history of this town.Cameron Nedland 01:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I think the phrase "They [the Bulgarians] would have kept it [Constanţa] had the French and British not intervened" is a bit simplistic if not incorrect. Firstly, Constanţa was occupied in October 1916 by the Central Powers (i.e German, Turkish and Bulgarian troops) not only by the Bulgarians. Secondly, the city remained under the joint control of the Central Powers until September 1918. According to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, article 10.b (treaty which has never been ratified by Romania), Constantza remained under the control of Central Powers and it was NOT ceded to Bulgaria ([|Articles 10-12 of the Treaty]).
 * The Allied offensive on the Thessaloniki Front knocked Bulgaria out of the war and made possible the return to the pre-WWI borders.
 * Mentatus 09:20, 31 March 2006 (UTC) 09:20, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Tomis
The Tomis article should be merged into this one. There is no separate article for Moguntiacum (Mainz) or Londinium (London). Mentatus 10:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Wrong Coat of Arms?
I think that the CoA from the article isn't used anymore. Probably it felt into disuse in 1948. On the city hall site another one appears (the one in the header). This one is used during special days (Constanta's days, National Day), and also appears in the background in every press conference given by municipal officials. Anonimu 14:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I just realised that the CoA in the article appears on schools refurbished by the current mayor. Probably i'll e-mail the city hall and ask what's the right one. Anonimu 14:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * AFAIK, the CoA from the article is the right one. I've been told (I don't know for sure whether this is true or not) that Mazăre and the City Council tried to adopt the CoA featured on the city hall website (depicting Saint Constantine and Saint Helena), but the County Council overruled the decision and replaced it with the one depicting goddess Fortuna. Mentatus 12:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Municipiul
It is a municipality, but of all Romanian municipalities, I think only Bucharest has this label above the infobox. Any particular reason it should stay? Biruitorul 03:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

why not put "Municipiul" in all other romanian municipalities? The easier way is not always the best. Anonimu 10:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)


 * No, but in this case it can't hurt. Biruitorul 03:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Costanza
The Italian Costanza is an exonym, not a historical name. I've reverted 87.19.255.151's edit. Mentatus 11:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

oldest living city?
oldest living city? Kingturtle (talk) 05:40, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Mentatus (talk) 07:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

China
In the sections listing the Sister Cities and General consulates of Constanta, please make the following modification: China should be People's Republic of China (abv. PR of China)...just for the sake of staying official. Thanks. Ervantc (talk) 16:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

World War II
Why not mention it?--hnnvansier (talk) 02:40, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What about it?Baltaci (talk) 12:57, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Climate/Koppen classification
The city's climate would actually fit into the "humid subtropical" (Cfa) classification according to Köppen climate classification which is widely in use. This classification means that average temperature for the coldest month is between -3C and 18C, and the warmest month average greater than 22C and precipitation distributed throughout the whole year. In the Wikipedia article concerning Koppen classifications this area is already included in the humid subtropical zone, as well as other Black Sea coastal regions. However, if the wheatherbase data is used, then the warmest month average falls just short of the classification. That being said, I feel that the current climate section does describe the climate very well without making use of the Koppen scale. If somebody knows more about this, then maybe we can make the changes.--IoanC (talk) 14:15, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Checked a recent RS (Sterie Ciulache - Considerations on the existence of semiarid and maritime mid-latitude climate in Romania, Analele Stiintifice UAIC, Iasi, 2005), and it turns the whole Romanian coast is actually BS (presumably BSk). A much older source (1938), agrees with this classification (actually it says Bsax, which I suppose is an older form of classification), while nothing that Varna (on the Black Sea coast, some 130 km south of Constanta) is Cfa. The main argument against Cfa seem to be rainfall (somewhere around 300-350 mm, with a maximum in early summer and a second-order maximum in late autumn), the long drought periods in summer and the frequent blizzards in winter.Anonimu (talk) 17:25, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it really depends on what values you use for total annual precipitation and average annual temperature. There is a formula for figuring out if an area fits into a semi-arid climate.  Considering that the average annual temp. is about 11C in that area and that 30%–70% of the total precipitation is received in the "high sun" months, this sets the threshold value to about 360mm.  This means that total annual precipitation needs to be less than this value and more than half this value for an area to be semi-arid.  Is precipitation really that low on the Romanian Black Sea coast?  I've heard it is about 350mm in the Danube Delta, and about 380mm around Mangalia and over 400mm around Constanta.  Hope I haven't made any mistakes.  Either way, it's really close to a BS climate; definitely not your typical "humid subtropical", if indeed the case.--IoanC (talk) 11:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Casino Constanta and Icy winter
I would like to suggest this link http://www.nomadtravellers.com/content/77-nomad-travel/108-casino-constanta-frozen-black-sea as an external link, showing pictures and description of the actual situation of decay of the Casino, and showing how it looks the city in exceptional winters, with the Black Sea frozen. Phidias81 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phidias81 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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