The history of Dobrogea begins to become increasingly well known today. Recent researches made by many researchers on the basis of archaeological evidence and archaeological evidence have demonstrated, based on thorough and competent analyzes, that before the reintegration of the province into Romania in 1877, throughout the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, the presence of the Romans on this earth was a living and sustainable reality. Ovidiu city is situated on the national highway connecting the largest port of Romania - Constanta - the capital, in an area favorable agricultural development. The settlement is situated in the eastern part of the county at 44 gr.15 "north latitude and 28 gr.58" east longitude, on the western shore of Siutghiol lake, which separates it from the famous resort Mamaia, only 10 km. north of the city of Constanta. Ovidiu has developed from ancient times as a village of farmers and fishermen. The oldest human traces of the Ovid and the surroundings of Siutghiol Lake are from the Middle Paleolithic, but research shows that the deepest layer of dwelling is the traco-get over which the Geto-Roman overlapped. Along with the Dacian-Getic-Scythian populations, both old and old, since the 7th century, that is. Greek colonies settled here in the vicinity of the city only 10 km. far away being the famous Tomis colony, and in the south of the locality, on the shore of the lake were found the traces of a Roman castle and an aqueduct that seems to supply the settlement on the island. Concerning the name of the island, the question arises whether there was any connection between this Dobrogean toponym from our time and the great Latin poet Ovid, exiled in Tomis during the 9-17 years. and at the base are the many legends that have circulated among the people. After one of the legends the two elderly oaks on the island were planted by Ovid and another says that the great poet's tomb would be somewhere on the island. In support of these legends are the archaeological researches and the correlation between the material elements of Romanian affiliation found on the island and in the surrounding, why do not we admit that this land, a poetic inspirational place of soul recreation, was the corner of refuge of the author of "Sad and Pontic". As a settlement, according to the documents of the time, the village of Ovidiu dates back to 1650, under the name of Siliste. It is composed of several houses, which later on due to the destruction and lack of water will move on the shore of Lake Siutghiol, renaming Canara . From the establishment until 1930, the village was named Canara, a name of Turkish origin, which translates as "a place where the stone is removed", because in the surrounding area there are gravel hills where the oldest quarries have been opened times. The village of Canara belonged to Anadalchioi villages before 1880, located 3 km north of Constanta on the road leading to Tulcea and between 1880-1909 it was part of the Palazu Mare commune. Since 1909, having a larger development than Palazu Mare, the village of Canara has been declared a common residence for Palazu Mare until the years 1920-1922, when Palazu Mare separated definitively from Canara. In 1930 Canara will receive the name of Ovidiu after the small Ovidiu Island in Siutghiol Lake, which is located in the village at a distance of about 100 m. Lake Siutghiol (Turkish name meaning milk lake - with fresh water) north of Constanta, preserves the name of Ovidiu, as evidenced by the 1722 map of the Viennese geographer Tobias Lother. The town is bathed in the eastern part of the waters of the Siutghiol lake, northeast of the Danube Canal - Alba-Midia, in the south-east there is the Palazu Mare district, which belongs to Constanta, in the west the commune Alba Poarta and in the north Mihail Kogalniceanu . City area is 8198 hectares and is located on the Dobrogea plateau having a tabular layout, slightly inclined Siutghiol Lake. This podis is made of mesozoic limestone placed on marl and tertiary limestone covered with a heavy loess shell, because of this the rippled valleys are devoid of water. The area between M.Kogalniceanu and Constanta, in which Ovidiu is situated, has a slightly curly relief and sprinkled with insulated mounds. In the western village of Lumina, 2 km. there is the Movila Movilă, with the altitude of 95 m, in the northeast is Movila Ciobanoaia, with an altitude of 90 m. and on the southern border of Poiana village is Movila Cocosu, with an altitude of 83.5 m.

The territory of this locality is crossed by several valleys, which due to the layer of leoss, does not keep water. The Canara Valley, short, broad, dry in the southwest - northeast direction, ending in the Siutghiol Lake, lies south of Ovidiu. Valea Silistei is north of Movila Ovidiu, on the north-east-south-west direction, passing north-northwest of the village of Poiana. In the western part of the city and west of Lumina village, there is the Adanca Valley, which is oriented from northeast to southwest. As natural resources, within the perimeter of Ovidiu there are limestone deposits, which have begun to be exploited ever since the earliest times but more intensively after the beginning of Constanta port. In the Jurassic formations are also found dolomites with industrial qualities represented by three perimeters, at present the exploitation of the field is made in the careers for the local needs. Physical and geographic conditions on the territory of Ovidiu ensure the existence of a steppe ecosystem and an aquatic ecosystem (lacustrine). The steppe area comprises most of the territory. It was cultivated and cultivated with cereals, technical plants and fruit trees: barley, oats, wheat, corn, sunflower, sugar beet, vine, peach, apricot, etc. In the Siutghiol Lake area the vegetation is dominated by reedbeds made of cane, rush, pepper, rogoz, etc., to which are added submersed plants such as broccake and pine. Several socio-economic elements place Ovidiu's place among the other localities of the county, such as a rather natural natural sphere, justifying the numerical evolution of the population, but have particularly high values ​​of the migratory increase due to the geographic location, the strong development of the industrial activities in the nearby areas - Constanta - which influence the territorial mobility of the population. During the period until 1989 the special share in the economic potential was held by the industry, concretizing in the following industrial or industrial-agrarian units: the Ovidiu thermal power station, the prefabricated section of reinforced and simple concrete, the stone quarries, the canned vegetable factory and fruits, three agricultural production cooperatives, a technical-material supply base, two farms of the State Enterprise Murfatlar and M. Kogalniceanu and the inter-operative enterprise for the production of compound feed. The 1989 revolution and the period that followed, the transition to a market economy, the restructuring of some enterprises and their transformation into private equity companies influenced the economic development of the locality. A number of businesses have disappeared and new ones have emerged. At present there are the following industrial or agrarian-industrial units: the quarries (Dobromin SA and Uranus-Pluton SRL), Ovidiu Port at the Danube-Alba-Midia Channel (where ballast and sand are loaded and unloaded), Ecluza 1 (Canal), "AgroServ" , Ovidiu Base 13 (supply for the agricultural sector), the garment factory, a drug store and the "BIOCHEM" chemical store, SC METACOM S.R.L. , S.C. ASTEK S.R.L., S.C. CONGAZ S.A., S.C. DA VINCI S.R.L.