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Albota de Jos
Долна Албота | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
  Albota de Jos Location of Albota de Jos in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 45°55′59″N 28°28′59″E / 45.933°N 28.483°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| District |  Taraclia District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vitalie Tataru |
| Population | |
• Total | 952 |
| Ethnicity (2024 census) | |
| • Moldovans | 51.3% |
| • Bulgarians | 38.0% |
| • other | 10.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Cfb |
Albota de Jos (Bulgarian: Долна Албота Russian: Нижняя Албота, Албота-де-Жос) is a commune and village in Taraclia District, Moldova.[2] According to the 2024 Moldovan census the village has 952 people, 488 (51.3%) of them being Moldovans, 362 (38%) Bulgarians.[3]
The commune is located 18 km (11 mi) from the district seat, Taraclia, and 144 km (89 mi) from Chișinău.
During the interwar period, the commune was the seat of Plasa Mihai Viteazul, in Cahul County, Romania.
The commune is composed of the following villages:
History
[edit]Hagichioi (Bulgarian: Хаджикьой) derives its name from the Turkic as "Hagi-koy" and has been mentioned as far back as 1803.[4]
Albota de Jos (Bulgarian: Долна Албота German: Unter-Albota, Albota de Yos, Albota de Jos) is believed to originally be a Tatar settlement, the name of the village comes from the name of the Tatar tribe "Akbota". Following the expulsion of the Tatars, the village was inhabited by Bulgarians from Horodnje (Ukrainian: Городнее).[5] In 1919, a German Lutheran daughter colony was founded in the area and became a part of the Albota parish. The Germans had been living in the village on rented land since 1880. In 1939 prior to the evacuation of the Bessarabia Germans the village had a population of 181.[6][7][8]
Hîrtop (Bulgarian: Хъртоп) was founded in 1921 as a part of Albota de Jos, with a majority Moldovan population.[9]
On December 2025 the commune of Albota de Jos officially adopted individual flags and seals for each of its villages and the commune as a whole.[4]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2024 census, 952 inhabitants lived in the commune of Albota de Jos, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2014, when 1,425 inhabitants were registered.[10][11]
| Ethnic group | Population | % Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Moldovans | 488 | 51.3% |
| Romanians | 10 | 1.1% |
| Bulgarians | 362 | 38.0% |
| Russians | 42 | 4.4% |
| Gagauz | 40 | 4.2% |
| Ukrainians | 7 | 0.7% |
| Romani | 3 | 0.3% |
| Total | 952 | 100% |
Gallery
[edit]
Flag of the Albota de Jos (village)
Seal of the Albota de Jos (village)
Flag of the Hagichioi
Seal of the Hagichioi
Flag of the Hîrtop
Seal of the Hîrtop
References
[edit]- ↑ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) Archived 2019-05-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
- ↑ https://statistica.gov.md/en/statistic_indicator_details/60 Final Results of the Population and Housing Census 2024 - Population and Housing Census 2024: Ethno-cultural Characteristics (in Romanian)
- 1 2 Бурлакова, Виолетта (2025-12-05). "Для Нижней Алботы, Хаджикея и Хыртопа зарегистрировали новые официальные символы". TUK.MD (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ↑ https://ibn.idsi.md/vizualizare_articol/159333 ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ БОЛГАРСКОГО СЕЛА НИЖНЯЯ АЛБОТА И ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА ЕГО ЖИТЕЛЕЙ, Нина Ковач
- ↑ Mertens, Ulrich (2010). German-Russian handbook : a reference book for Russian German and German Russian history and culture with place listings of former German settlement areas. Germans from Russia Heritage Collection. p. 711. ISBN 978-1-891193-63-7.
- ↑ "Unter-Albota, Albota de jos". gov.genealogy.net. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ↑ "Germans from Russia Heritage Society". www.grhs.org. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ↑ Деордиева, Анастасия (2024-11-08). "Села Тараклийского района отмечают храмовый день". TUK.MD (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ↑ "Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024: Caracteristici etnoculturale ale populației". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian)
- ↑ "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian, Russian, and English)
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