Congaz 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 12,327 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 11,849. Minorities included 149 Moldovans, 128 Russians, 91 Ukrainians, and 62 Bulgarians.

Its geographical coordinates are 46° 6' 33" North, 28° 36' 16" East.

Notable people

People from Congaz include these politicians:

• Mihail Kendighelean
  Mihail Kendighelean
  - Biography :He was born on October 4, 1941 in Congaz in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit.In 1990 he was head of the Gagauz Supreme Soviet and along with President Stepan Topal led the Gagauz areas in a declaration of independence from Moldova. Gagauzia was functionally independent from...
  
  
• Stepan Esir