Vulcănești (; ) is a town in
Gagauzia
Gagauzia () or Gagauz-Yeri, officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia (ATUG), is an Administrative divisions of Moldova, autonomous territorial unit of Moldova. Its autonomy is intended for the local Gagauz people, a Turkic languages ...
,
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
.
The area of Vulcănești is the southern exclave of Gagauzia surrounded by the
Cahul District (
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
) and
Odesa Oblast
Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...
(
Ukraine
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).
One village-rail station also named Vulcănești, is administered by the city.
It was the site of an archaeological investigation, which found a
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
sculpture that echoes Rodin's
The Thinker
''The Thinker'' (), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a Heroic nudity, nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin ...
.
Demographics
According to the
2014 census, the population of Vulcănești amounted to 12,185 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 15,729 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 5,753 were men and 6,432 were women.
''Footnotes'':
* ''There is an
ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.''
* ''Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the
Romanian language
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...
in Moldova. In 2013, the
Constitutional Court of Moldova
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova () represents the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in the Moldova, Republic of Moldova, autonomous and independent from the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.
The task of the ...
interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,
thus giving official status to the name ''Romanian''.
''
Media
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Vocea Basarabiei 106.7
Notable people
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Grigorii Uzun (born 1986), businessman and politician
See also
*
Budjak
Budjak, also known as Budzhak, is a historical region that was part of Bessarabia from 1812 to 1940. Situated along the Black Sea, between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this #Ethnic groups and demographics, multi-ethnic region covers an area ...
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Carbalia
References
Cities and towns in Gagauzia
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