Isaccea

Isaccea (Romanian: [iˈsaktʃe̯a]; Turkish: İshakçı) is a small town in Tulcea County, in Northern Dobruja, Romania, on the right bank of the Danube, 35 km north-west of Tulcea. According to the 2021 census, it has a population of 4,408.

Isaccea
Town hall of Isaccea
Location in Tulcea County
Isaccea
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°16′11″N 28°27′35″E
CountryRomania
CountyTulcea
Government
  Mayor (20202024) Anastase Moraru (PSD)
Area
103.97 km2 (40.14 sq mi)
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)
4,408
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
825200
Area code(+40) 02 40
Vehicle reg.TL
Websitewww.isaccea.ro

The town has been inhabited for thousands of years, as it is one of the few places in all the Lower Danube that can be easily forded and thus be an easy link between the Balkans and the steppes of Southern Ukraine and Russia, north of the Black Sea. The Danube was for a long time the border between the Romans, later Byzantines and the "barbarian" migrating tribes in the north, making Isaccea a border town, conquered and held by dozens of different peoples.

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