Giurgiuleşti
Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ' N , 28 ° 12' E
Giurgiuleşti is a municipality in the Cahul Raion in the Republic of Moldova . The village had 2995 inhabitants at the 2004 census and is known for the port of the same name , the only Danube port in the country.
Geographical location
Giurgiuleşti is the southernmost place of Moldova and border place to Romania and Ukraine . The village is located on the Prut , near the confluence with the Danube , 40 kilometers south of Cahul , the largest city in southern Vltava. Here, on a narrow strip around 600 meters wide between the two neighboring countries, Moldova's only access to the Danube is located.
Since there are no further road connections downstream between Ukraine and Romania, travelers between the two countries also have to pass through the Moldovan border clearance in Giurgiulești.
The place
According to the 2004 census, the vast majority of the population (2,897) are Moldovans . There are also 39 Romanians , 15 Ukrainians and 15 Gagauz , 10 Russians , 5 Poles and others.
Giurgiulești is a sprawling agricultural settlement whose farmsteads are lined up between gardens and small fields on streets that form an approximately rectangular grid. A recognizable town center is missing. The bus stop and the school are roughly in the middle on the thoroughfare.
Infrastructure
On the southern outskirts of the village is the only Danube port of Moldova in an area whose expansion is being negotiated with the Ukrainian government. The port, which was built from 1995 to 2006, is intended to facilitate the import and export of goods, primarily the import of oil.
The freight station on the port area is located on the railway line, which was completed in 1877 and runs between the Romanian city of Galați and Basarabeasca along the Ukrainian border and on to Bender , and on the approximately 50-kilometer-long railway line from Giurgiulești to Cahul, which was built from 2006 onwards 1970s a connection to the rail network leading to the capital Chișinău exists.
History
A Neolithic chief's grave was found at the site.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ For different widths cf. Martin Leidenfrost: A ship will come. Between barriers and free ports - in search of the inaccessible Moldovan Danube. Friday, September 23, 2010, p. 10
- ↑ Demographic, national, language and cultural characteristics. (Excel table in Section 7) National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldoca
- ^ Peter Jordan: Transportation. In: Klaus Bochmann, Vasile Dumbrava, Dietmar Müller, Victoria Reinhardt (eds.): The Republic of Moldau. Republica Moldova. A manual. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2012, pp. 468, 474, ISBN 978-3-86583-557-4