Chiriet-Lunga

Chiriet-Lunga
Kiriyet
Commune
Chiriet-Lunga is located in Găgăuzia
Chiriet-Lunga
Chiriet-Lunga
Coordinates: 46°12′30″N 28°56′33″E / 46.20833°N 28.94250°E / 46.20833; 28.94250
Country Moldova
Government
 • MayorValentina Caicî (Independent[1])
Population
 (2014 census)[2]
 • Total
2,279
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Chiriet-Lunga (Gagauz: Kiriyet) 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 2,498 people.[3] Gagauz total 2,312. Minorities included 54 Moldovans, 35 Russians, 32 Ukrainians, 37 Bulgarians and 18 Roma.

Its geographical coordinates are 46° 12' 33" North, 28° 56' 39" East.

Notable people

People from Chiriet-Lunga include:

  • Dmitri Todoroglo, Moldovan Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry, 2001–2005

References

  1. ^ "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  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. ^ Statistica Moldovei. "[1]". Accessed March 8, 2009.

46°13′N 28°57′E / 46.217°N 28.950°E / 46.217; 28.950


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