Taraclia District

Taraclia
District (Raion)
Flag of Taraclia
Coat of arms of Taraclia
Location of Taraclia
Country Republic of Moldova
Administrative center
(Oraş-reşedinţă)

Taraclia
Government
 • Raion PresidentVasile Plagov
Area
 • Total674 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population
 • Total37,357
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+373 74
Car platesTA

Taraclia (Romanian pronunciation: [taraˈkli.a], 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 674 km2 (260 sq mi) and has the lowest population density of all districts of Moldova.

  1. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.