Copceac, Gagauzia
Copceac
Kıpçak | |
|---|---|
![]() Church of the Assumption in Copceac | |
![]() Copceac Location of Copceac in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 28°41′40″E / 45.85000°N 28.69444°E | |
| Country | |
| Autonomous Region | |
| Founded | 1812 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Oleg Garizan[1] |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,538 |
| Ethnicity (2024 census) | |
| • Gagauz people | 94.66% |
| • Bulgarians | 2.34% |
| • other | 3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | copceac.md |
Copceac (Gagauz: Kıpçak) is an enclave, commune and village in the Ceadîr-Lunga district, Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. According to the 2024 Moldovan census It is also the second largest commune in Gagauzia after Congaz with a population of 6,434 people, 6,091 (94.66%) of them being Gagauz.[2]
Copceac is unofficially divided that runs through the village into two parts: Tashlyk (Gagauz: Taşlık) in the north and Copceac (Gagauz: Kıpçak) in the south.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Güzelyurt, Northern Cyprus;
Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan;
General Kantardzhievo, Bulgaria;
Notable people
- Vladislav Baboglo (born 1998), Moldovan-Ukrainian footballer
- Gleb Drăgan (1920–2014), Romanian engineer and academic
- Gheorghe Tabunșcic (born 1939), Moldovan politician
Sports
The Moldovan Liga 2 football club Socol Copceac is based in the commune.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.gagauzia.md/ru/administracziya-regiona/primarii/primariya-s.-kopchak.html
- ↑ https://statistica.gov.md/en/statistic_indicator_details/60 Final Results of the Population and Housing Census 2024 - Population and Housing Census 2024: Ethno-cultural Characteristics (in Romanian)
- ↑ https://www.gagauzia.md/ru/administracziya-regiona/primarii/primariya-s.-kopchak.html
- ↑ "Comitetul de organizare a Competițiilor al FMF. Deciziile din 26 iunie 2024". FMF (in Romanian). Retrieved 2026-06-03.
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