Beşghioz
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Beşghioz 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. 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 current governor (or başcan) of Gagauzia, Mihail Formuzal, elected to that post in December, 2006, was born in Beşghioz in 1959.
Gagauzia
Gagauzia , formally known as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Găgăuzia , is an autonomous region of...
of the Republic of Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
. The 2004 census listed the commune as having a population of 3,391 people. 93% of its population are Gagauz
Gagauz people
The Gagauz people are Turkic speaking group living mostly in southern Moldova , southwestern Ukraine , south-eastern Romania and northeastern Bulgaria. Unlike most other Turkic speaking people, the Gagauz are predominantly Orthodox Christians...
. Minorities included 76 Russians, 66 Bulgarians, and 46 Moldovans.
Its geographical coordinates are 46° 7' 18" North, 28° 52' 20" East.
The current governor (or başcan) of Gagauzia, Mihail Formuzal, elected to that post in December, 2006, was born in Beşghioz in 1959.