Tvardiţa

Tvardița

Tvardița

Place in Taraclia District, Moldova

Tvardița (Bulgarian: Твърдица, Tvǎrdica) is a town in Taraclia district, Moldova. It was founded following the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 by Bulgarian refugees from Tvarditsa, a town just south of the Balkan Mountains, and the surrounding region. The local Bulgarian population forms part of the larger group of Bessarabian Bulgarians.

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The welcome sign of Tvardița, written mostly in Bulgarian
The Church of Saint Petka of Bulgaria
Bust of Lenin in Tvardița

The town is located 40 km (25 mi) from the district seat, Taraclia, and 84 km (52 mi) from Chișinău.[3]

Previously a commune, Tvardița was declared a town in 2013.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "The City of Tvardica (Republic of Moldova) Officially Received Its Coat of Coat, Flag and Anthem" (XLS). NBD. 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. [2]
    Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014 Archived 2019-05-08 at the Wayback Machine: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  3. [3]
    "Primăria Satului Tvardița". primarii.md (in Romanian). Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  4. [4]
    Ursu, Maria (March 28, 2013). "Satul Tvardița a devenit oraș". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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