Tașlîc | |
Other Name: | Ukrainian: Ташлик (Ukrainian) |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Moldova |
Subdivision Type: | Country (de jure) |
Subdivision Type1: | Country (de facto) |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Coordinates: | 47.0692°N 29.3944°W |
Elevation M: | 29 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Tașlîc (Moldovan Cyrillic and Russian: Ташлык|Tashlyk; Ukrainian: Ташлик|Tashlyk) is a commune and village in Transnistria, Moldova, the second largest commune in the Grigoriopol sub-district. Its name is derived from the Turkic word taşlık, meaning "stony place". The majority of the population of the commune is Moldovan, while an important part of the population is of Russian descent. According to the 2004 census, the population of the commune was 3,224 inhabitants, of which 3,163 (98.1%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 8 (0.24%) Ukrainians and 43 (1.33%) Russians.[1]