| Type: | commune |
| County: | Tulcea |
| Mihail Kogălniceanu | |
| Subdivisions: | Lăstuni, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Rândunica |
| Leader Name: | Anastase Alexe[1] |
| Leader Party: | PSD |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
| Coordinates: | 45.0333°N 72°W |
| Elevation: | 24 |
| Area Total: | 140.16 |
| Population Total: | auto |
Mihail Kogălniceanu (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /mihaˈil koɡəlniˈtʃe̯anu/) is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lăstuni (formerly Hagilar), Mihail Kogălniceanu (formerly Enichioi), and Rândunica (formerly Kongaz or Congaz).
At the 2011 census, the population was 98.4% Romanian and 1.1% Roma.[2] At the 1930 census, the ethnic composition was as follows. Congaz was 93.9% Bulgarian and 4.5% Romanian; Hagilar was 96.2% Bulgarian and 3.2% Romanian; Mihail Kogălniceanu was 67.8% Bulgarian and 31.2% Romanian.[3]
The ethnic Bulgarian population was resettled to Bulgaria during the population exchange following the Treaty of Craiova. As a result of this population exchange, the commune gained a large Aromanian community that still exists today.
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