Balabanu (Bulgarian: Балабану) is a village in Taraclia District, Moldova.[2] According to the 2024 Moldovan census the village has 604 people, 344 (57.0%) of them being Moldovans, 163 (27.0%) Bulgarians and 71 (11.8%) Gagauz people.[3]
Balabanu
Балабану | |
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_-_jul_2025_-_07.jpg) World War II memorial in Balabanu | |
  Balabanu Location of Balabanu in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 45°55′59″N 28°33′58″E / 45.933°N 28.566°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| District |  Taraclia District |
| Founded | 1809 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nicolae Munteanu |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 604 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity (2024 census) | |
| • Moldovans | 57.0% |
| • Bulgarians | 27.0% |
| • other | 16.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Cfb |
History
editSettlement in the present-day village dates back to the Bronze Age. Fragments of ceramics and signs of settlement have been found during excavations, showing signs of settlement. Burial mounds unearthed show remains after the invasion of the Scythians in the area. Greek jewelry made using Etruscan jewelry techniques, woven from tubes, decorated with a gold scan and grain have also been discovered in the proximity of the village.[4]
The first official documentation mentioning the village of Balaban is dated to 1809. The 1875 census registered counted around 667 inhabitants in the village.
In 1920 a German colony Balaban was founded in the area, part of the Albota evangelical parish and having around 775 hectares of land in total. In 1930, there were around 322 people living in the village, by 1939 this dropped to 126.[5]
On February 5, 1986 the village of Balabanu was separated from the Novosiolovca village council.[6]
References
edit- ↑ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) Archived 2019-05-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Priorov, Serghei. "Из истории Тараклийского района". dir.upsc.md. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ Mertens, Ulrich (2010). German-Russian handbook : a reference book for Russian German and German Russian history and culture with place listings of former German settlement areas. Germans from Russia Heritage Collection. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-891193-63-7.
- ↑ https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/p-35-42_2.pdf ТАРАКЛИЙСКИЙ РАЙОН: СОЗДАНИЕ И ДАЛЬНЕЙШАЯ РЕОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ - Алла Карагиоз
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