Pecineaga

For the commune in Tulcea County, see Peceneaga.

Pecineaga
Commune
Pecineaga Location of Pecineaga
Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 28°29′58″E / 43.89528°N 28.49944°E / 43.89528; 28.49944Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 28°29′58″E / 43.89528°N 28.49944°E / 43.89528; 28.49944
Country	Romania
County	Constanţa County
Status	Commune
Component villages	Pecineaga, Vânători
Government
• Mayor	Lili Pîslaru^[1] (National Liberal Party)
Population (2011^[2])
• Total	3,088
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	907235 (Pecineaga), 907236 (Vânători)
Website	http://www.primaria-pecineaga.ro/

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

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%).^[2]

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.

Constanța County, Romania

Cities	Constanța (county seat) Mangalia Medgidia

Towns	Băneasa Cernavodă Eforie Hârșova Murfatlar Năvodari Negru Vodă Ovidiu Techirghiol

Communes	23 August Adamclisi Agigea Albești Aliman Amzacea Bărăganu Castelu Cerchezu Chirnogeni Ciobanu Ciocârlia Cobadin Cogealac Comana Corbu Costinești Crucea Cumpăna Cuza Vodă Deleni Dobromir Dumbrăveni Fântânele Gârliciu Ghindărești Grădina Horia Independența Ion Corvin Istria Limanu Lipnița Lumina Mereni Mihai Viteazu Mihail Kogălniceanu Mircea Vodă Nicolae Bălcescu Oltina Ostrov Pantelimon Pecineaga Peștera Poarta Albă Rasova Saligny Saraiu Săcele Seimeni Siliștea Târgușor Topalu Topraisar Tortoman Tuzla Valu lui Traian Vulturu

References

↑ "Elected mayors at the 2012 local election" (PDF) (in Romanian). Central Electoral Committee. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
1 2 "Constanta County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
↑ (Romanian)Pecineaga Mayorship, History of Pecineaga, accessed on May 16, 2012

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