Chiriet-Lunga is a commune and village in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit

Gagauzia

Gagauzia , formally known as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Găgăuzia , is an autonomous region of...

 of the Republic of Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

. The 2004 census listed the commune as having a population of 2,498 people. Gagauz

Gagauz people

The Gagauz people are Turkic speaking group living mostly in southern Moldova , southwestern Ukraine , south-eastern Romania and northeastern Bulgaria. Unlike most other Turkic speaking people, the Gagauz are predominantly Orthodox Christians...

 total 2,312. Minorities included 54 Moldovans, 35 Russians, 32 Ukrainians, 37 Bulgarians and 18 Roma.

Its geographical coordinates are 46° 12' 33" North, 28° 56' 39" East.

Notable people

People from Chiriet-Lunga include:

• Dmitri Todoroglo, Moldovan Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry, 2001–2005