Chilia Veche (Comuna Chilia Veche)
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Founded by the Greek Byzantines, it was given its name after the word for "granaries" - κελλίa, kellia, recorded earliest in 1241 in the works of Persian chronicler Rashid al-Din. Some scholars consider the mediaeval Genoese trade centre known as Lycostomo (Λυκόστομο) was also located here. A town on the other side of the Danube, now in Ukraine, known as Novo Kilia (Chilia Nouă) or "New Chilia", was built by Stephen the Great of Moldavia in order to counteract the Ottoman Empire (that had taken control of the former town in the 15th century).
Ostrovu Tătaru village, which has no permanent population, is located on Tătaru Mare Island.
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Map - Chilia Veche (Comuna Chilia Veche)
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Country - Romania
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Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows southeasterly for 2857 km, before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of 2544 m.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| RON | Romanian leu | lei | 2 |
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| HU | Hungarian language |
| RO | Romanian language |