- Pecineaga
Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
latd = 43 | latm = 53 | lats = 43 | latNS = N
longd = 28 | longm = 29 | longs = 58 | longEW = E
map_caption = Location of Pecineaga|
official_name=Pecineaga
image_shield=
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Constanţa County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Commune
settlement_type=Commune|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Niculae Stan
|
leader_party=Social Democratic Party
area_total_km2=9.5
population_as_of=2002
population_total=3063
postal_code_type= Postal code
postal_code= 907235 (Pecineaga), 907236 (Vânători)
website=http://www.primaria-pecineaga.ro/Pecineaga ( _tr. Pecenek, old names: "Gherengic", _tr. Gerencik; "I.G. Duca") is a commune in
Constanţa County ,Romania . The commune includes two villages, Pecineaga and Vânători (historical names: "Haidarchioi"; _tr. Aşçılar). To the southeast of the commune lies the city ofMangalia .Population
According to the 2002 census, it has a population 3,063, of which 97% are Romanians and the rest mostly Turks and Tatars.
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 byCrimean Tatars (1857),Transylvania n shepherds ("mocani") (after 1878), ploughers fromBrăila County (1885) andRâmnicu Sărat . From 1933 until 1940 the village was named "Ion Gheorghe Duca", after the prime minister assassinated in 1933 by anIron Guard death squad .
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