| Pecineaga | |
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| — Commune — | |
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Pecineaga
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Constanţa County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Niculae Stan (Social Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 3,063 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 907235 (Pecineaga), 907236 (Vânători) |
| Website | http://www.primaria-pecineaga.ro/ |
Pecineaga (Turkish: Pecenek, old names: Gherengic, Turkish: Gerencik; I.G. Duca) is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. The commune includes two villages, Pecineaga and Vânători (historical names: Haidarchioi; Turkish: Aşçılar). To the southeast of the commune lies the city of Mangalia.
According to the 2002 census, it has a population 3,063, of which 97% are Romanians and the rest mostly Turks and Tatars.
It was named after the Pechenegs, a Turkic semi-nomadic people which settled in this place in the 10th/11th century. When founded, the village bore the name Gerencik. It was colonized successively by Crimean Tatars (1857), Transylvanian shepherds (mocani) (after 1878), ploughers from Brăila County (1885) and Râmnicu Sărat. From 1933 until 1940 the village was named Ion Gheorghe Duca, after the prime minister assassinated in 1933 by an Iron Guard death squad.