Ovidiu

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Country	Romania
Ovidiu
Location of Ovidiu
County	Constanţa County
Status	Town
Government
- Mayor	Ion Podaru (National Liberal Party)
Area
- Total	82.63 km² (31.9 sq mi)
Population (2002)
- Total	13,458 44°16′12″N, 28°33′36″E
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.primariaovidiu.ro/

Ovidiu (IPA: [o.'vi.dʏ], historical name: Canara, Turkish: Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanţa in the Constanţa County, south-eastern Romania. Ovidiu is quite small (has a population of 13,458) and many wealthy inhabitants of Constanţa retire there.

In 1930, the town was renamed Ovidiu after the Roman poet Ovid. He was supposedly buried on a nearby small island (also called Ovidiu) in the Siutghiol Lake.

The village Poiana (historical names: Cocoşul - until 1964, Turkish: Horozlar - until 1926) is administered by the Ovidiu township.

	Constanţa County
Municipalities	Constanţa (county seat) \| Mangalia \| Medgidia
Towns	Băneasa \| Cernavodă \| Eforie \| Hârşova \| Murfatlar \| Năvodari \| Negru Vodă \| Ovidiu \| Techirghiol
Communes	23 August \| Adamclisi \| Agigea \| Albeşti \| Aliman \| Amzacea \| Bărăganu \| Castelu \| Cerchezu \| Chirnogeni \| Ciobanu \| Ciocârlia \| Cobadin \| Cogealac \| Comana \| Corbu \| Costineşti \| Crucea \| Cumpăna \| Cuza Vodă \| Deleni \| Dobromir \| Dumbrăveni \| Fântânele \| Gârliciu \| Ghindăreşti \| Grădina \| Horia \| Independenţa \| Ion Corvin \| Istria \| Limanu \| Lipniţa \| Lumina \| Mereni \| Mihai Viteazu \| Mihail Kogălniceanu \| Mircea Vodă \| Nicolae Bălcescu \| Oltina \| Ostrov \| Pantelimon \| Pecineaga \| Peştera \| Poarta Albă \| Rasova \| Saligny \| Saraiu \| Săcele \| Seimeni \| Siliştea \| Târguşor \| Topalu \| Topraisar \| Tortoman \| Tuzla \| Valu lui Traian \| Vulturu