Cahul County was a

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() in

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from 1998 to 2003, with the seat at

Cahul Cahul (; also known by alternative names) is a city and municipality in southern Moldova. The city is the administrative center of Cahul District; it also administers one village, Cotihana. As of 2014 census, the city has a population of 30,0 ...

. Its population in 2002 was 179,209. The county bordered

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(west) and

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(southeast), with the Moldovan counties of Lăpuşna and Taraclia County (in the

Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia Gagauzia () or Gagauz-Yeri, officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia (ATUG), is an autonomous territorial unit of Moldova. Its autonomy is intended for the local Gagauz people, a Turkic-speaking, primarily Orthodox Christian ethn ...

Description

Cahul County was formed in 1998 on the territory of the former Moldovan districts of

, Cantemir and

Vulcănești Vulcănești (; ) is a town in Gagauzia, Moldova. The area of Vulcănești is the southern exclave of Gagauzia surrounded by the Cahul District (Moldova) and Odesa Oblast (Ukraine). One village-rail station also named Vulcănești, is administ ...

. Geographically, the county was located in Prutul de Jos Plain, the Western Black Sea Plain, and Tigheci Plateau.

History

On 22 October 1999, part of Cahul County was detached and established as Taraclia County.

References

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