NAVODARI

[nævodári]

The youngest town of the seacoast is situated on the south side of Tasaul Lake and on the isthmus located between this side and Siutghiol lake, in the riverbed of Poarta Alba - Midia - Navodari Canal respectively, inaugurated on 21st November 1987.

Navodari town was built instead of Navodari fishmongers' village 22 years ago. Today it is an important industrial town, a representative for Romanian chemistry; here there are: chemical fertilizers factory, a factory for producing sugar, car repairs factory and PETROMIDIA factory specialized in petrochemical products, unique in the country.

Navodari was inaugurated on 29th June 1979, but the building began in 14th of August 1975. The town has developed in industrial, social and cultural fields; in the center of the town there have been built a children's town between 1969-1972 holiday time accommodations, facilities for doing sports etc. - 12,000 visitors can be accommodated here (it is considered the biggest facility of this type in the world).

Navodari town population is 33,702 inhabitants on 1st January 1996, compared to 5,500 inhabitants in 1968.