Beșghioz | |
Native Name: | Beşgöz |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Moldova#Moldova Găgăuzia |
Leader Party: | Independent[1] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Nicolai Gotișan |
Coordinates: | 46.1189°N 28.8753°W |
Population Total: | 3,466 |
Population As Of: | 2014 census |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Beșghioz (gag|Beşgöz) 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 former governor (or başkan) of Gagauzia (2006-2015), Mihail Formuzal, was born in Beșghioz in 1959.