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MANGALIA , a See also: town in the department of See also: Constantza Rumania, situated on the Black See also: Sea, and at the mouth of a small stream, the Mangalia, to m
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N. of the Bulgarian frontier
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Pop
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(1900), 1459
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The inhabitants, among whom are many See also: Turks and Bulgarians, are mostly fisherfolk
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Mangalia is to be identified with the Thracian Kallatis or Acervetis, a colony of See also: Miletus which continued to be a flourishing place to the close of the See also: Roman See also: period
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In the 14th century it had 30,000 inhabitants, and a large See also: trade with Genoa
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