Vulcănești

Vulcănești

Valkaneş
Vulcănești Valkaneş
Town
	Coat of arms
	Vulcănești Location of Vulcănești in Moldova
	Coordinates: 45°41′00″N 28°24′10″E / 45.68333°N 28.40278°ECoordinates: 45°41′00″N 28°24′10″E / 45.68333°N 28.40278°E
Country	Moldova
Autonomous Region	Gagauzia
Government
• Mayor	Victor Petrioglu (PN)
Area
• Total	15.26 km2 (5.89 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	12,185
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
Climate	Cfa

Vulcănești (Romanian pronunciation: [vulkəˈneʃtʲ]; Gagauz: Valkaneş) a town in Gagauzia, Moldova. The Vulcănești area is the southern exclave of Gagauzia surrounded by the Cahul District (Moldova) and Odessa Region (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.^[3]^[4]

Media[]

^ "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015". Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
^ Gimbutas, Marija (1982). "The 'Sorrowful God'". The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe 6500-3500 B.C. Myths and Cult Images. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 230–234. ISBN 0-520-04655-2.
^ Passek, T.S.; Gerasimov, M.M. (1967). "Novaja statuetka iz Vulkaneshty". KSIIMK Archaeological Museum of the Institute of History of the Moldavian Socialist Republic. 111: 38–41.

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show v t Cities and communes of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, Moldova
District seat: Comrat
Municipalities	Comrat
Cities	Ceadîr-Lunga Vulcănești
Communes	Avdarma Baurci Beșalma Beșghioz Bugeac Carbalia Cazaclia Chioselia Rusă Chiriet-Lunga Chirsova Cioc-Maidan Cișmichioi Congaz Congazcicul de Sus Copceac Cotovscoe Dezghingea Etulia Ferapontievca Gaidar Joltai Svetlîi Tomai
Villages of sub-city or sub-commune level	Alexeevca Congazcicul de Jos Dudulești Etulia Nouă Etulia, set.-rw.st. Vulcănești, set.-rw.st.

show v t Cities and towns of Moldova
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Tiraspol¹ Bălți Bender (Tighina)² Comrat Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Ungheni
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat³ Tiraspol^1,3
District seats⁴	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Other towns	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca¹ Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe¹ Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc¹ Dubăsari¹ Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol¹ Iargara Lipcani Maiac¹ Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița¹ Sîngera Slobozia¹ Tiraspolul Nou¹ Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești
¹ In Transnistria. ² Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. ³ Also a municipality. ⁴ The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).

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Vulcănești Valkaneş
Town
Coat of arms
Vulcănești Location of Vulcănești in Moldova
Coordinates: 45°41′00″N 28°24′10″E / 45.68333°N 28.40278°E / 45.68333; 28.40278Coordinates: 45°41′00″N 28°24′10″E / 45.68333°N 28.40278°E / 45.68333; 28.40278
Country	Moldova
Autonomous Region	Gagauzia
Government
• Mayor	Victor Petrioglu (PN^[1])
Area
• Total	15.26 km² (5.89 sq mi)
Population (2014)^[2]
• Total	12,185
• Density	800/km² (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
Climate	Cfa