Dezghingea
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Dezghingea
Dezgincä | |
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View from Dezghingea | |
Location of Dezghingea in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′14″N 28°36′48″E / 46.42056°N 28.61333°E | |
| Country | |
| Autonomous Region | |
| Founded | 1812 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vasily Capsamun[1] |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 3,582 |
| Ethnicity (2024 census) | |
| • Gagauz people | 93.21% |
| • Moldovans | 3.21% |
| • other | 3.58% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Climate | Cfb |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260405105009/https://www.gagauzia.md/ru/administracziya-regiona/primarii/primariya-s.-dezginzha.html
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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.