Horia, Constanta
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Horia is a commune in Constanţa County
Constanta County
Constanța is the name of a county in the Dobruja region of Romania. Its capital city is also named Constanța.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 715,151 and the population density was 101/km². The degree of urbanization is much higher than the Romanian average. In recent years the...

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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The commune includes three villages:
  • Horia (historical name: Musubei) - named after Vasile Ursu Nicola
    Vasile Ursu Nicola
    Vasile Ursu Nicola, known as Horea, was a Transylvanian Romanian leader of the Revolt of Horea, Cloşca and Crişan in 1784-85. After the revolt was defeated, he was executed by being broken on the wheel....

    , also known as Horea, one of the leaders of the 1784-1785 peasant revolt
    Revolt of Horea, Closca and Crisan
    The Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan began in Zarand County, Transylvania, but it soon spread all throughout the Apuseni Mountains...

     in Transylvania
    Transylvania
    Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

  • Cloşca (historical name: Musul) - named after Ion Oargă, also known as Cloşca, one of the leaders of the 1784-1785 peasant revolt in Transylvania
  • Tichileşti
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