Beșghioz

Beșghioz
Beşgöz
Commune
Beșghioz
Coordinates: 46°07′08″N 28°52′31″E / 46.11889°N 28.87528°E / 46.11889; 28.87528
Country  Moldova
Government
  Mayor Nicolai Gotișan (Independent[1])
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Beșghioz (Gagauz: 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.[2] 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 current governor (or başcan) of Gagauzia, Mihail Formuzal, elected to that post in December, 2006, was born in Beșghioz in 1959.

References

  1. "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  2. Statistica Moldovei. "". Accessed March 8, 2009.

Coordinates: 46°07′N 28°52′E / 46.117°N 28.867°E / 46.117; 28.867

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