Leova

Leova
Leova
	Seal
Country	Moldova
County	Leova
First attested	13 March 1489
Founded	1495
Government
• Mayor	Vitalie Gargaun, since 10 July 2015
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	10,900
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	MD-6301
Area code	+373 263
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://primarialeova.md/

Leova is also another name for Liuva.

Leova (Template:Lang-ru) is a city in Moldova, located 92 km southwest of the national capital, Chișinău. It is the administrative center of Leova District. The city is situated on the east bank of the river Prut bordering Romania.

History

Before WWII, the city counted 2,326 Jewish inhabitants, about a third of the entire town population. Later the Soviets started deporting citizens of their newly annexed territories to Siberia, including Zionist leaders and wealthy Jews. In June 1941 some Jews sensed war was coming and fled east, into central Asia. Other able bodied men joined the fight against the Germans by enlisting in the Soviet Army. When the Germans occupied the city, on June 22, 1941, Jews who stayed were executed and some were interned in a concentration camp near the city of Cahul.^[2]

Population

Ethnic structure

The ethnic structure of the city according to the 2004 census:^[3]

Ethnic group	Population	%
Moldavians Romanians	8,435 150	84.12% 1.50%
Russians	629	6.27%
Bulgarians	349	3.48%
Ukrainians	278	2.77%
Gagauzians	99	0.99%
Gypsies	28	0.28%
Others	63
Total	10,027	100%

Media

Cuvântul Liber

Notable people

Rabbi Dov Ber Friedman (1822–1876)
Idel Ianchelevici (1909–1994)
Ion Aldea Teodorovici (1954–1992)
Victor Toma (1922–2008)
Daniela Marin (1999-)

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Leova is twinned with:

Vetrișoaia, Romania

References

External links

46°29′N 28°15′E / 46.483°N 28.250°E / 46.483; 28.250

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[1] Number of resident population in the Republic of Moldova as of 1st January 2015, in territorial aspect

[2] ttp://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/leova/

[3] [1] statistica.md

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v t e Cities and towns of Moldova
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Tiraspol¹ Bălți Bender (Tighina)² Comrat Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Ungheni
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat³ Tiraspol^1,3
District seats⁴	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Other towns	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca¹ Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe¹ Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc¹ Dubăsari¹ Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol¹ Iargara Lipcani Maiac¹ Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița¹ Sîngera Slobozia¹ Tiraspolul Nou¹ Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești
¹ In Transnistria. ² Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. ³ Also a municipality. ⁴ The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).