Pecineaga

Pecineaga is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. To the southeast of the commune lies the city of Mangalia.

For the commune in Tulcea County, see Peceneaga. For the river in Buzău County, see Pecineaga (river).
Pecineaga
Commune
Location in Constanța County
Pecineaga
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 28°29′58″E
Country Romania
CountyConstanța
SubdivisionsPecineaga, Vânători
Government
 • MayorNiculae Stan[1] (UNPR)
Population
 (2011)[2]
3,189
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
907235 (Pecineaga), 907236 (Vânători)
Vehicle reg.CT
Websitewww.primaria-pecineaga.ro

Administration

The commune includes two villages:

  • Pecineaga (Turkish: Pecenek, old names: Gherengic until 1923, Turkish: Gerencik; I.G. Duca between 1933 and 1940)[3]
  • Vânători (historical names: Haidarchioi; Turkish: Aşçılar).

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it has a population 3,063, of which 97% are Romanians and the rest mostly Turks and Tatars. At the 2011 census, Pecineaga had 2,959 Romanians (95.82%), 10 Roma (0.32%), 77 Turks (2.49%), 36 Tatars (1.17%), 6 others (0.19%).[4]

History

It was named after the Pechenegs, a Turkic semi-nomadic people which settled in this place in the 10th/11th century. When founded, the village bore the name Gerencik. It was colonized successively by Crimean Tatars (1857), Transylvanian shepherds (mocani) (after 1878), ploughers from Brăila County (1885) and Râmnicu Sărat. From 1933 until 1940 the village was named Ion Gheorghe Duca, after the prime minister assassinated in 1933 by an Iron Guard death squad.

References
  1. "Luptă strânsă pentru Consiliul Judeţean Constanţa între PSD şi PNL. Noua garnitură de primari" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. (in Romanian) Pecineaga Town Hall, History of Pecineaga, accessed on May 16, 2012
  4. "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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