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Taraclia

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Country
  
Moldova

Elevation
  
76 m (249 ft)

Local time
  
Monday 12:58 AM

University
  
Taraclia State University

County
  
Taraclia County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Population
  
14,900 (2012)

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Weather
  
4°C, Wind N at 18 km/h, 85% Humidity

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Taraclia (Bulgarian: Тараклия) is a city located in the south of Moldova. It is the capital of Taraclia District, bordered by the autonomous region of Gagauzia, by the Cahul district and the Odessa region of Ukraine. The great majority of its inhabitants (2004 census) are ethnic Bulgarians.

Contents

Map of Taraclia, Moldova

The Taraclia State University, co-funded by Bulgaria and Moldova, was established in 2004. The languages of education are Bulgarian and Moldovan (Romanian).

History

According to official figures, Taraclia was founded in 1813 by Bulgarian immigrants, although they have been settling there much earlier. The city is one of the oldest Bulgarian settlements of the nineteenth century in what was then the southern Bessarabia.

The first settlers arrived at Taraclia during the Russo-Turkish war of 1806-1812. In 1821 it has settled a large group, which was originally located in the nearby village Aluatu. After the Russo-Turkish war of 1828-1829 a large proportion of Bulgarian immigrants settled in Bessarabia and specially in Taraclia, about 49 families have settled in the city. The last wave of migration happened in the year of 1854, when 241 people settled there. Having the right of the colonists, they built houses, churches and had children, taking advantage of several decades of privileges granted to them by the Tsarist Russian government.

In the middle of the XX century, the famous explorer Apollon Skalkowski wrote about them: "Residents, good hosts, herds of large cattle, sheep, and a great deal to the success of horticulture and viticulture, and women bred mulberry trees, collect the cocoons and have silk in large quantities"

Ethnic Structure

Taraclia ethnic Structure according to the 2004 population sensus.

Media

  • Vocea Basarabiei, 101,9
  • Notable people

  • Timofei Silistaru
  • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Taraclia is twinned with:

  • Nova Zagora, Bulgaria
  • Taraklia municipality
  • Taraklia TV
  • Radio Taraklia
  • Bulgarian in Republic of Moldova website
  • Bulgarian village of Parakani website
  • The weather în Taraclia
  • References

    Taraclia Wikipedia