Pecineaga - History

History

It was named after the Pechenegs, a Turkic semi-nomadic people which settled in this place in the 10th/11th century. When founded, the village bore the name Gerencik. It was colonized successively by Crimean Tatars (1857), Transylvanian shepherds (mocani) (after 1878), ploughers from Brăila County (1885) and Râmnicu Sărat. From 1933 until 1940 the village was named Ion Gheorghe Duca, after the prime minister assassinated in 1933 by an Iron Guard death squad.

Constanța County, Romania

Cities	Constanța (county seat) Mangalia Medgidia

Towns	Băneasa Cernavodă Eforie Hârșova Murfatlar Năvodari Negru Vodă Ovidiu Techirghiol

Communes	23 August Adamclisi Agigea Albești Aliman Amzacea Bărăganu Castelu Cerchezu Chirnogeni Ciobanu Ciocârlia Cobadin Cogealac Comana Corbu Costinești Crucea Cumpăna Cuza Vodă Deleni Dobromir Dumbrăveni Fântânele Gârliciu Ghindărești Grădina Horia Independența Ion Corvin Istria Limanu Lipnița Lumina Mereni Mihai Viteazu Mihail Kogălniceanu Mircea Vodă Nicolae Bălcescu Oltina Ostrov Pantelimon Pecineaga Peștera Poarta Albă Rasova Saligny Saraiu Săcele Seimeni Siliștea Târgușor Topalu Topraisar Tortoman Tuzla Valu lui Traian Vulturu

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