Taraclia District

Taraclia
District (Raion)
Coat of arms
Country	Republic of Moldova
Administrative center (Oraş-reşedinţă)	Taraclia
Government
• Raion President	Vasile Plagov
Area
• Total	674 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	44,100
• Density	65.4/km2 (169/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	294
Area code(s)	+373 74
Car plates	TA

Taraclia (Bulgarian: Тараклия) is a district (Romanian: raion) in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Taraclia.

As of 1 January 2012, its population was 44,100, 65.6% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The district covers an area of 1,022 km² and has the lowest population density of all districts of Moldova.

Demographics

• Births (2010): 464 (10.5 per 1000)
• Deaths (2010): 562 (12.7 per 1000)
• Growth Rate (2010): -98 (-2.2 per 1000)

Ethnic groups

• 65.6% Bulgarians
• 14.0% Moldovans
• 8.3% Gagauzians
• 6.1% Ukrainians
• 5.0% Russians
• 0.5% Gypsies
• Other 0.5%

Religion

• Christians - 96.6%
  • Orthodox Christians - 94.3%
  • Protestant - 2.3%
    • Baptists - 1.3%
    • Evangelicals - 0.5%
    • Pentecostals - 0.3%
    • Seventh-day Adventists - 0.2%
• Other - 1.7%
• No Religion - 1.3%
• Atheists - 0.4%

Politics

Traditionally in Taraclia district, political and electoral support for the PCRM is higher than the rest of the southern part of Moldova. Communists have the largest percentage of the Moldova votes in this district. But the last three elections communists saw a continuous decline in percentage.

During the last three elections AEI had an increase of 147.1%

Parliament elections results

Year	AEI	PCRM
2010	19.75% 3,845	69.61% 13,561
July 2009	16.15% 3,183	80.70% 15,897
April 2009	8.02% 1,556	69.41% 13,477

Elections

  Summary of 28 November 2010 Parliament of Moldova election results in Taraclia District

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	+/−
	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	13,561	69.61	−11.09
	Democratic Party of Moldova	2,180	11,19	+1.14
	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova	1,217	6.25	+3.28
	United Moldova	621	3.19	+3.19
	Humanist Party of Moldova	483	2.48	+2.48
	Social Democratic Party	425	2.18	+0.22
	Party Alliance Our Moldova	256	1.31	−0.62
	Liberal Party	192	1.00	−0.20
	Other Party	548	2.79	+1.60
Total (turnout 60.80%)		19,656	100.00

References

• Rezultatele alegerilor din 28 noiembrie 2010 în raionul Taraclia