Țăndărei

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = town

|county = Ialomița

|map_caption = Location in Ialomița County

|official_name = Țăndărei

|image_map = Țăndărei in the Ialomița County.svg

|image_shield = ROU IL Tandarei CoA.jpg

|image_skyline = RO IL Tandarei town hall.jpg

|image_caption = Țăndărei town hall

|image_location =

|leader_name = George Cristian Roman{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=8 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

|term = 2020–2024

|leader_party = PSD

|coordinates = {{coord|44|38|33|N|27|39|22|E|type:city_region:RO|display=inline,title}}

|elevation = 20

|elevation_min =

|elevation_max =

|area_total = 113.25

|population_total = auto

|population_as_of =

|population_footnotes =

|postal_code = 925200

|area_code = (+40) 02 43

|website = {{URL|www.primaria-tandarei.ro}}

}}

Țăndărei ({{IPA|ro|t͡səndəˈrej}}) is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 12,761 as of 2021. The town is located on the Bărăgan Plain, on the left bank of the Ialomița River. It was declared a town in 1968. It is crossed by the national road {{ill|DN2A|ro}}, which connects Slobozia with Constanța.

File:Spitalul Rural Țăndărei (21260014368) (cropped).jpg

Țăndărei has been called a "Beverley Hills for Gypsy gangsters".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/19/romanians-in-london-brexit-immigration-photo-essay|title='If we go, who will do the jobs?': Romanians in London – photo essay |date=September 19, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian}} The town gained this reputation as many ethnic Roma engaged in criminal activity as well as welfare fraud in the UK, using the money obtained from those activities to build opulent villas.{{cite news|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/social/tandarei-beverly-hills-al-gangsterilor-tigani-vezi-cum-si-au-facut-romii-vile-din-asistenta-sociala-britanica-8274687|title=Țăndărei, Beverly Hills al "gangsterilor țigani". Vezi cum și-au făcut romii vile din asistența socială britanică|date=May 19, 2011|language=ro|work=Mediafax|access-date=February 17, 2023}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the town was also in the spotlight of national media and of social media, because the ethnic Roma of the town were accused of bringing the virus from Western Europe and not respecting the anti-COVID measurements implemented by the government.{{Cite journal |last=Plainer |first=Zsuzsa |date=2020-09-01 |title="The Roma in Țăndărei": A few thoughts on prejudices and groupism in media representations of the Romanian Roma during the COVID-19 pandemic| url=https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/szocialisszemle/article/view/3374 |journal=Szociális Szemle |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=5–10 |doi=10.15170/SocRev.2020.13.01.01}}

{{Historical populations

|source = Census data

|1977 |10166

|1992 |14212

|2002 |14591

|2011 |10289

|2021 |12761

}}