Vulcănești

Vulcănești (Romanian pronunciation: [vulkəˈneʃtʲ]; Gagauz: Valkaneş; Albanian: Valkoneshta) a town in Gagauzia, Moldova. The Vulcănești area is the southern exclave of Gagauzia surrounded by the Cahul District (Moldova) and Odessa Region (Ukraine).

For the village in Nisporeni district, see Ciorești.

Vulcănești Valkaneş
Town
Coat of arms
Vulcănești Location of Vulcănești in Moldova
Coordinates: 45°41′00″N 28°24′10″E
Country	Moldova
Autonomous Region	Gagauzia
Government
• Mayor	Victor Petrioglu (PN[1])
Area
• Total	15.26 km^2 (5.89 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	12,185
• Density	800/km^2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
Climate	Cfa

One village-rail station also named Vulcănești, is administered by the city.

It was the site of an archaeological investigation, which found a Neolithic sculpture that echoes Rodin's The Thinker.[3][4]

Media

• Vocea Basarabiei 106.7

See also

• Budjak
• Carbalia

References

1. "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015". Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. 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.
3. Gimbutas, Marija. "The 'Sorrowful God'". The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe 6500-3500 B.C. Myths and Cult Images. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 230–234. ISBN 0-520-04655-2.
4. Passek, T.S.; Gerasimov, M.M. (1967). "Novaja statuetka iz Vulkaneshty". KSIIMK Archaeological Museum of the Institute of History of the Moldavian Socialist Republic. 111: 38–41.