🏝️ Ada Kaleh

Unknown · Europe · 44.72°N, 22.45°E

Ada Kaleh was a small island on the Danube, located in Romania, that was submerged during the construction of the Iron Gates hydroelectric plant in 1970. The island was about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) downstream from Orșova and was less than two kilometers long and approximately half a kilometer wide. Ada Kaleh was inhabited by Turkish Muslims from all parts of the Ottoman Empire, and there were also family ties to the Turkish Muslim populations of Vidin and Ruse, Bulgaria due to exogamic marriages.

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Country	Unknown
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	44.72°N, 22.45°E · view on map

Ada Kaleh is located in Unknown, in Europe.

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