Poarta Albă

Poarta Albă
—  Commune  —
Poarta Albă Location of Poarta Albă
Coordinates: 44°13′0″N 28°24′0″E / 44.216667°N 28.4°E / 44.216667; 28.4Coordinates: 44°13′0″N 28°24′0″E / 44.216667°N 28.4°E / 44.216667; 28.4
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Vasile Delicoti (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area
– Total	65.53 km2 (25.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)
– Total	4,579
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	[1]

Poarta Albă (literally in Romanian: White Gate) is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. It has a population of 4,790, according to the 2002 census, of which 97% Romanians and most of the rest Turks and Tatars. The commune is a port on the Danube-Black Sea Canal.

In the early 1950s, a prison camp operated at Poarta Albă, part of a chain of forced labor camps set up along the length of the Canal by the communist authorities. Some 12,000 prisoners were held at the Poarta Albă camp. Many perished due to the harsh working conditions.

Villages

The following villages are included in the Poarta Albă commune:

• Poarta Albă (historical name: Alakap, Turkish: Alakapı)
• Nazarcea (Turkish: Nazarça)

References

External links

• Sub semnul gulagului, by Aurel Popa.