Vulcănești


Vulcănești is a town in the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, Moldova.
The area of Vulcănești is the southern exclave of Gagauzia surrounded by the Cahul District and Odesa Oblast. One village-rail station also named Vulcănești, is administered by the city.
It was the site of an archaeological investigation, which found a Neolithic sculpture that echoes Rodin's The Thinker.

Demographics

According to the 2014 census, the population of Vulcănești amounted to 12,185 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 15,729 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 5,753 were men and 6,432 were women.

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