Area, Population and Cities
The entire region of Dobruja has an area of 23,100 km² and a population of rather more than 1.3 million, of which just over two-thirds of the former and nearly three-quarters of the latter lie in the Romanian part.
| Ethnicity | Dobruja | Romanian Dobruja | Bulgarian Dobruja | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| All | 1,328,860 | 100.00% | 971,643 | 100.00% | 357,217 | 100.00% |
| Romanian | 884,745 | 66.58% | 883,620 | 90.94% | 5911 | 0.17%1 |
| Bulgarian | 248,517 | 18.70% | 135 | 0.01% | 248,382 | 69.53% |
| Turkish | 104,572 | 7.87% | 27,580 | 2.84% | 76,992 | 21.55% |
| Tatar | 23,409 | 1.76% | 23,409 | 2.41% | 4,515 | 1.26% |
| Roma | 33,422 | 2.52% | 8,295 | 0.85% | 25,127 | 7.03% |
| Russian | 22,495 | 1.69% | 21,623 | 2.23% | 872 | 0.24% |
| Ukrainian | 1,571 | 0.12% | 1,465 | 0.15% | 106 | 0.03% |
| Greek | 2,326 | 0.18% | 2,270 | 0.23% | 56 | 0.02% |
- 1 Including persons counted as Vlachs in Bulgarian 2001 Census
Major cities are Constanţa, Tulcea, Medgidia and Mangalia in Romania, and Dobrich and Silistra in Bulgaria.
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