Vulcănești

Vulcănești Valkaneş
Vulcănești Valkaneş 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	Vasil Shishku
Population (2010)
• Total	22 000
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
Climate	Cfa

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

One village is administered by the city of Vulcănești station.

It was the site of an archaeological investigation, which found a Neolithic sculpture that echoes Rodin's The Thinker.^[1]^[2]

Media

↑ Gimbutas, Marija. "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.

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 Chiriet-Lunga Chirsova Cioc-Maidan Cișmichioi Chioselia Rusă Congaz Congazcicul de Sus Copceac Cotovscoe Dezghingea Etulia Ferapontievca Gaidar Joltai Svetlîi Tomai

Villages of sub-city or sub-commune level	Vulcăneşti, set.-rw.st. Congazcicul de Jos Duduleşti Etulia Nouă Etulia, set.-rw.st. Alexeevca

Cities and towns of Moldova (alphabetical order)

Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Bălți Bender (Tighina)²

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).

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 158372545 GND: 7738226-2

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