Community: Borcea
Borcea commune is part of Calarasi county and has an area of 30.580 agricultural and inside terrains, being the second commune as size and inhabitants no. of the county.Structurally speaking, the commune is elongated along Borcea arm and 3B National Road which crosses it on a distance of 9km.
Commune's neighbors are: on east, Fetesti town, Ialomita county, on south Constanta county, on west Jegalia locality and on north Ialomita county and Stefan the Greates locality. About altitude, Borcea commune is one of the localities with the lowest altitudes, 5-10 m (Borcei lake).
History
According to archaeological discoveries, trace materials on the early settlements come from IV to III. BC (ceramics, Amfora Macedonian and silver drachmas issued by Hristea Citadel), over which were superimposed numerous Geto-Dacian traces. Discovering Greek coins shows that the Getic were Dacia's link with the rest of the world. On the territory
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Local resources
The terrains of an exquisite quality and the agricultural cultures are the main resources of Borcea commune, the most known being the wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables and oil plants cultures. This sector's economic activity is concentrated at the level of the small farms and individual producers.
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Traditions
Most of the traditions were preserved over years and are specific to the religious celebrations. One of the area representative traditions are: Moşii de Iarnă, Moşii de Vară, carols related to the winter holidays,Boboteaza.
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