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
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.

History

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.

References

  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.