Pecineaga

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Pecineaga
Commune
Pecineaga
Location of Pecineaga
Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 28°29′58″E / 43.89528°N 28.49944°E / 43.89528; 28.49944Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 28°29′58″E / 43.89528°N 28.49944°E / 43.89528; 28.49944
Country  Romania
County Constanţa County
Status Commune
Component villages Pecineaga, Vânători
Government
  Mayor Lili Pîslaru[1] (National Liberal Party)
Population (2011[2])
  Total Increase3,088
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 907235 (Pecineaga), 907236 (Vânători)
Website http://www.primaria-pecineaga.ro/

Pecineaga is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania. To the southeast of the commune lies the city of Mangalia.

Administration

The commune includes two villages:

  • Pecineaga (Turkish: Pecenek, old names: Gherengic until 1923, Turkish: Gerencik; I.G. Duca between 1933 and 1940)[3]
  • Vânători (historical names: Haidarchioi; Turkish: Aşçılar).

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it has a population 3,063, of which 97% are Romanians and the rest mostly Turks and Tatars. At the 2011 census, Pecineaga had 2,959 Romanians (95.82%), 10 Roma (0.32%), 77 Turks (2.49%), 36 Tatars (1.17%), 6 others (0.19%).[2]

History

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.

References

  1. "Elected mayors at the 2012 local election" (in Romanian). Central Electoral Committee. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (in Romanian). INSSE. February 02, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012. 
  3. (Romanian)Pecineaga Mayorship, History of Pecineaga, accessed on May 16, 2012
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