Beșghioz
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Beșghioz
Beşgöz | |
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Coordinates: 46°07′08″N 28°52′31″E / 46.11889°N 28.87528°E | |
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Government | |
• Mayor | Nicolai Gotișan (Independent[1]) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,466 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Beșghioz (Gagauz: Beşgöz) is a commune and village in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. The 2004 census listed the commune as having a population of 3,391 people.[3] 93% of its population are Gagauz. Minorities included 76 Russians, 66 Bulgarians, and 46 Moldovans.
Its geographical coordinates are 46° 7' 18" North, 28° 52' 20" East.
The former governor (or başkan) of Gagauzia (2006-2015), Mihail Formuzal, was born in Beșghioz in 1959.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ Statistica Moldovei. "[1]". Accessed March 8, 2009.