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Dezghingea

Dezghingea
Dezgincä
View from Dezghingea
View from Dezghingea
Dezghingea is located in Găgăuzia
Dezghingea
Dezghingea
Location of Dezghingea in Moldova
Coordinates: 46°25′14″N 28°36′48″E / 46.42056°N 28.61333°E / 46.42056; 28.61333
Country Moldova
Autonomous Region Gagauzia
Founded1812
Government
  MayorVasily Capsamun[1]
Population
 (2024)
  Total
3,582
Ethnicity (2024 census)
  Gagauz people93.21%
  Moldovans3.21%
  other3.58%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
ClimateCfb

Dezghingea (Gagauz: Dezgincä) is a commune and village in the Comrat district, Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. According to the 2024 Moldovan census the commune has 3,582 people, 3,339 (93.21%) of them being Gagauz.[2]

History

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The village was founded in 1812, by Bulgarians and Gagaguz from Bulgaria and a small number of Romanians from Cahul county who arrived after 1820. Around 1867–1870 the "Holy Trinity church" was built. The majority of the village are Orthodox with an Adventist minority.[3]

References

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20260405105009/https://www.gagauzia.md/ru/administracziya-regiona/primarii/primariya-s.-dezginzha.html
  2. 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)
  3. Duminika, Ivan (2016). "„Monografiile" comunelor plasei Comrat, județul Tighina, din 1943 (I)". Revista de Etnologie şi Culturologie (in Romanian). XX (2): 68–78. ISSN 1857-2049.