Taraclia District

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Taraclia
—  District (Raion)  —
Coat of arms of Taraclia Coat of arms
Country	Republic of Moldova
Administrative center (Oraş-reşedinţă)	Taraclia
Government
• Raion President	Vasile Plagov
Area
• Total	674 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	44,100
• Density	65.4/km2 (169/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	294
Area code(s)	+373 74
Car plates	TA

Taraclia (Bulgarian: Тараклия) is a district (Romanian: raion) in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Taraclia.

As of 1 January 2012, its population was 44,100, 65.6% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The county covers an area of 1,022 km² and has the lowest population density of all districts of Moldova.

Demographics

• Births (2010): 464 (10.5 per 1000)
• Deaths (2010): 562 (12.7 per 1000)
• Growth Rate (2010): -98 (-2.2 per 1000)

Ethnic groups

• 65.6% Bulgarians
• 14.0% Moldovans
• 8.3% Gagauzians
• 6.1 % Ukrainians
• 5.0% Russians
• 0.5% Gypsies
• Other 0.5%

Religion

• Christians - 96.6%
  • Orthodox Christians - 94.3%
  • Protestant - 2.3%
    • Baptists - 1.3%
    • Evangelicals - 0.5%
    • Pentecostals - 0.3%
    • Seventh-day Adventists - 0.2%
• Other - 1.7%
• No Religion - 1.3%
• Atheists - 0.4%

Politics

Traditional Taraclia district, political and electoral support PCRM unlike the south part of Moldova. Communists have the largest percentage of the Moldova in this district. But the last three elections communists is a continuous fall in percentage.

During the last three elections AEI had an increase of 147.1%

Elections

References

• Rezultatele alegerilor din 28 noiembrie 2010 în raionul Taraclia

v t e Administrative divisions of Moldova Districts Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călăraşi Căuşeni Cimişlia Criuleni Donduşeni Drochia Dubăsari Edineţ Făleşti Floreşti Glodeni Hînceşti Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocniţa Orhei Rezina Rîşcani Sîngerei Soroca Străşeni Şoldăneşti Ştefan Vodă Taraclia Teleneşti Ungheni Autonomous regions Găgăuzia Transnistria1 Municipalities Bălţi Bender Chişinău 1 The political status of Transnistria is not settled.

Coordinates: 45°55′N 28°35′E / 45.917°N 28.583°E / 45.917; 28.583