Vulcănești Explained
| Official Name: | Vulcănești |
| Native Name: | Valkaneş |
| Native Name Lang: | gag |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Region |
| Subdivision Name: | Moldova |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gagauzia |
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| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 12,185 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Moldova Găgăuzia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vulcănești in Moldova |
| Coordinates: | 45.6833°N 28.4028°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cfa |
Vulcănești (pronounced as /ro/; gag|Valkaneş) is a town in Gagauzia, Moldova.
The area of Vulcănești is the southern exclave of Gagauzia surrounded by the Cahul District (Moldova) and Odesa Oblast (Ukraine).
One village-rail station also named Vulcănești, is administered by the city.
It was the site of an archaeological investigation, which found a Neolithic sculpture that echoes Rodin's The Thinker.[2] [3]
Demographics
According to the 2014 census, the population of Vulcănești amounted to 12,185 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 15,729 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 5,753 were men and 6,432 were women.[4]
Footnotes:
- There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.
- Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova. In 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,[5] thus giving official status to the name Romanian.[6] [7]
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Notes and References
- http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014
- Book: Gimbutas . Marija . Marija Gimbutas . The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe 6500-3500 B.C. Myths and Cult Images . 1982. University of California Press . Berkeley and Los Angeles . 0-520-04655-2. 230–234 . The 'Sorrowful God' .
- Passek . T.S. . Gerasimov . M.M. . Novaja statuetka iz Vulkaneshty. KSIIMK Archaeological Museum of the Institute of History of the Moldavian Socialist Republic . 111 . 1967 . 38–41 .
- Web site: 2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova .
- News: Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituție în corelație cu Preambulul Constituției și Declarația de Independență a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 și 41b/2013) . Constitutional Court of Moldova . 124. ... Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conținută în Declarația de Independență referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conținute în articolul 13 al Constituției. . 124. ... Therefore, the Court considers that the provision contained in the Declaration of Independence regarding the Romanian language as the state language of the Republic of Moldova prevails over the provision regarding the Moldovan language contained in Article 13 of the Constitution. . ro . 20 December 2013 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051137/http://constcourt.md/download.php?file=cHVibGljL2NjZG9jL2hvdGFyaXJpL3JvLWhfMzZfMjAxM19yby5wZGY%3D . live .
- News: 2013-12-05 . Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan' . . Associated Press . 2013-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209102718/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/05/moldovan-court-rules-official-language-is-romanian-replacing-soviet-flavored . 2013-12-09.
- News: Chisinau Recognizes Romanian As Official Language. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 December 2013. 11 March 2014. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923021555/http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-romanian-official-language/25191455.html. live.
