Gagauz
Turkic people of southern Bessarabia
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The Gagauz are a Turkic ethnic group. Their native language is Gagauz . The community primarily adheres to Christianity .
Key Facts
- Native language: Gagauz[3]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[4], Eastern Orthodoxy[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gagauzia[6], Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug[7], Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug[8], Odesa Oblast[9], Taraclia District[10], Cahul District[11], Chișinău[12], Moscow[13]
- Country: Moldova[14], Transnistria[15], Turkey[16], Greece[17], Romania[18], Bulgaria[19], Kazakhstan[20], Ukraine[21]
- Location: Southern Bessarabia[22]
- Part of: Turkic peoples[23]
- Commons category: Gagauz people[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gagauz people[25]
- Population: 250,000[26], 126,010[27], 147,500[28], 9272[29], 31,900[30]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[33]
- Native label: Gagauzlar[34]
Why It Matters
Gagauz has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Gagauz is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]