Pecineaga is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in
Constanța County
Constanța () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 684,082 and the population density was 96/km2. The degr ...
,
Northern Dobruja,
Romania
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. To the southeast of the commune lies the city of
Mangalia
Mangalia (, tr, Mankalya), ancient Callatis ( el, Κάλλατις/Καλλατίς; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern ...
.
Administration
The commune includes two villages:
*Pecineaga ( tr, Pecenek, old names: ''Gherengic'' until 1923, tr, Gerencik; ''I.G. Duca'' between 1933 and 1940)
[ Pecineaga Town Hall]
History of Pecineaga
accessed on May 16, 2012
*Vânători (historical names: ''Haidarchioi''; tr, Aşçılar).
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the commune had a population 3,063, of which 97% were Romanians and the rest mostly Turks and Tatars. At the 2011 census, Pecineaga had 2,959
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...
(95.82%), 77
Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
(2.49%), 36
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different (1.17%), 10
Roma (0.32%), and 6 others (0.19%).
History
It was named after the
Pechenegs
The Pechenegs () or Patzinaks tr, Peçenek(ler), Middle Turkic: , ro, Pecenegi, russian: Печенег(и), uk, Печеніг(и), hu, Besenyő(k), gr, Πατζινάκοι, Πετσενέγοι, Πατζινακίται, ka, პა ...
, 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
, flag = Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg
, flag_caption = Flag of Crimean Tatars
, image = Love, Peace, Traditions.jpg
, caption = Crimean Tatars in traditional clothing in front of the Khan's Palace ...
(1857),
Transylvania
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n shepherds (
Mocani
The Mocani ( Mocan), sometimes referred to as Mocans in English, are an ethnic Romanian subgroup composed by shepherds from Transylvania traditionally practicing transhumance between southern Transylvania and the region of Dobruja.
A large n ...
) (after 1878), ploughers from
Brăila County
Brăila County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila.
Demographics
In 2011, Brăila had a population of 304,925 and the population density was 64/km2.
* Romanians – 98%
* Romani, Russians, Lipo ...
(1885) and
Râmnicu Sărat
Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , german: Rümnick or ''Rebnick''; tr, Remnik) is a municipiu, city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the ...
. From 1933 until 1940 the village was named ''
Ion Gheorghe Duca
Ion Gheorghe Duca (; 20 December 1879 – 29 December 1933) was Romanian politician and the Prime Minister of Romania from 14 November to 29 December 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement. ...
'', after the prime minister assassinated in 1933 by an
Iron Guard death squad.
Natives
*
Mehmet Niyazi
Mehmet Niyazi Cemali ( crh, script=latn, Memet Niyaziy; January or February 1878 – November 20, 1931) was an Ottoman-born Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet, journalist, schoolteacher, academic, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes. Present fo ...
References
{{Constanța County
Communes in Constanța County
Localities in Northern Dobruja
Place names of Turkish origin in Romania