Chiriet-Lunga

Chiriet-Lunga
Kiriyet
Commune
View of Chiriet-Lunga' House of Culture (left) and St. Nicolai Church (right).
View of Chiriet-Lunga' House of Culture (left) and St. Nicolai Church (right).
Chiriet-Lunga is located in Găgăuzia
Chiriet-Lunga
Chiriet-Lunga
Location of Congaz in Moldova
Coordinates: 46°12′30″N 28°56′33″E / 46.20833°N 28.94250°E / 46.20833; 28.94250
Country Moldova
Autonomous Region Gagauzia
Founded1794
Government
 • MayorValentina Kaiky
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
1,251
Ethnicity (2024 census)
 • Gagauz people90.96%
 • Moldovans3.35%
 • other5.69%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
ClimateCfb
Websitechirietlunga.md

Chiriet-Lunga (Gagauz: Kiriyet) is a commune and village in the Ceadîr-Lunga district, Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. According to the 2024 Moldovan census the commune has 1,251 people, 1,138 (90.96%) of them being Gagauz.

History

The village was initially settled in by the Gagauz in 1794, the families came from Bulgaria and founded the village near the settlement of the Tatar Kiriyet tribe. Only after the 1830s the name was modified to be Chiriet-Lunga. In 1861 the St. Nicolai Church was built with the contributions from the locals.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Chiriet-Lunga is twinned with:

Notable people

People from Chiriet-Lunga include:

References

  1. ↑ https://chirietlunga.md/primariya/primar/
  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. ↑ "История местности — село Кириет — Лунга" (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Примария с. Кириет-Лунга" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2026-04-05. Retrieved 2026-04-13.