- Sulina
Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Sulina
official_name=Sulina
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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Tulcea County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Town
settlement_type=Town|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Aurel Dimitriu
leader_party=Social Democratic Party
|area_total_km2=14.16
population_as_of=2004
population_total=4629|latd=45|latm=9|lats=34|latNS=N|longd=29|longm=39|longs=10|longEW=E|
website=http://sulina.romclub.ro/Sulina is a town and
free port inRomania , at the mouth of theSulina branch of theDanube . It is the easternmost point of Romania.Its name is probably derived from Slavic word for "salt", "sol" with suffix -"ina".
Once a prosperous port and important
shipyard , from 1856 to 1939 the seat of theDanube Commission , Sulina has become a disadvantaged location, with an estimated 40% rate of unemployment in 2004, approximately seven times higher than the Romanian average.Population
Demography 10col|830px|1900|1912|1930|1948|1956|1966|1977|1992|2000|2002
5,612|7,347|6,399|3,373|3,622|4,005|4,911|5,484|5,140|4,601According to the 2002 Census, 86.0% of the population were Romanians, 11.0%
Lipovans , 1.3% Greeks and 1.3% Ukrainians. 93.0% spoke Romanian and 5.7% Russian as their first language. 94.3% were Orthodox and 5.1%Old Believers .External links
* [http://sulina.romclub.ro/ Official site]
[it:Sulina] ]
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