Area 12.52 km² | Local time Tuesday 8:59 PM | |
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Ovidiopol (Ukrainian: Овідіополь, translit.: Ovidiopol; Russian: Овидиополь, translit.: Ovidiopol' ; Turkish: Hacıdere ) is a coastal urban-type settlement in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Ovidiopol Raion. It is located at around 46°14′41″N 30°26′41″E. Population: 11,957 (2015 est.)
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Map of Ovidiopol', Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
The town was named in 1793 after Ovid, the Roman poet exiled to the Black Sea coast, based on the claim of Dimitrie Cantemir in his Descriptio Moldaviae (1714-16) that a local lake near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (probably the Dniester Liman itself, on whose eastern shore the town is located) was named in Romanian Lacul Ovidului (Ovid's Lake).
Twin towns — Sister cities
Ovidiopol is twinned with:
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