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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Commune

Area
  
131.6 km²

County
  
Constanța County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Monday 8:33 AM

Topraisar

Component villages
  
Topraisar, Biruința, Movilița, Potârnichea

Website
  
http://www.primaria-topraisar.ro

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 86% Humidity

Topraisar is a commune in the Constanța County, Romania.

Contents

Map of Topraisar 907285, Romania

The commune includes four villages:

  • Topraisar (historical name: Crimean Tatar: Topraysar)
  • Biruința (historical name: Crimean Tatar: Muratan, probably rounded out phonetically from Murat Han)
  • Movilița (historical name: Crimean Tatar: Musurat, probably rounded out phonetically from Musavvirat; for short periods in the 20th century it has also been named Regele Mihai and Filimon Sîrbu (1948-1964) )
  • Potârnichea (historical name: Crimean Tatar: Abdullahköy)

    • Topraisar and the surrounding areas were the site of fierce fighting in 1916 during two battles of the World War I: the First and Second Battle of Cobadin.

    Etymology

    Topraysar is of Tatar origin and is rounded out phonetically from Top Rayis Hisar meaning The Fortress of the President of the Union.

    Top Rayis meaning The Elected Leader of the Union or The President of the Union appears to designate Queen Tomyris and it seems to stand also at the origin of Dobruja and the ancient city of Tomis.

    Some people believe that the name of the commune derivates from Toprak Hisar meaning Earth/Clay Fortress.

    Demographics

    At the 2011 census, Topraisar had 4,758 Romanians (92.42%), 3 Roma (0.06%), 17 Turks (0.33%), 359 Tatars (6.97%), 11 others (0.21%).

    References

    Topraisar Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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