Beșghioz

Beșghioz
Beșgöz
Commune
Beșghioz
Coordinates: 46°07′08″N 28°52′31″E / 46.11889°N 28.87528°E / 46.11889; 28.87528
Country  Moldova
Government
 • Mayor Nicolai Gotișan (Independent[1])
Population (2014 census)[2]
 • Total 3,466
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Beșghioz (Gagauz: Beșgöz) 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 current governor (or bașcan) of Gagauzia, Mihail Formuzal, elected to that post in December, 2006, was born in Beșghioz in 1959.

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. "". Accessed March 8, 2009.

Coordinates: 46°07′N 28°52′E / 46.117°N 28.867°E / 46.117; 28.867


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