at the beach, July 2007]]
This article is about the village of 'Vama Veche. Vama Veche is also the name of a Romanian rock band.
Vama Veche (historical names: , Ilanlâk, Ilanlâc) is a village in Romania on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria, at 28.3 E longitude, 43.5 N latitude. It is part of the commune of Limanu and in 2002, it had a population of 178. Plan de management al rezervatiei marine 2 mai ? Vama Veche, Reserva?ia Marin? 2 Mai - Vama Veche, p.40. Accessed 14 October 2006.It was founded in 1811 by a few Gagauz families, originally being named "Ilanlîk". Its current name literally means "Old customs point", named so after the Cadrilater was included in Romania in 1913. In 1940, however, that region was ceded to Bulgaria, and the village was once again near the border.Even in Communist Romania, Vama Veche had a reputation as a non-mainstream tourist destination, which has only grown since the Romanian Revolution of 1989. During the communist era, concern for
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