Aluatu (Bulgarian: Алуату) is a village in Taraclia District, Moldova.Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) According to the 2024 Moldovan census the village has 497 people, 309 (62.2%) of them being Moldovans, 129 (26.0%) Bulgarians and 18 (3.6%) Gagauz people.https://statistica.gov.md/en/statistic_indicator_details/60 Final Results of the Population and Housing Census 2024 - Population and Housing Census 2024: Ethno-cultural Characteristics (in Romanian)
History First official documentation of the village goes back to 1806, the name of the settlement is most likely of Tatar origin. After the expulsion of the Budjak Tatars, the village was inhabited by Moldovans from Hîncești alongside Bulgarian and Gagauz refugees from the Ottoman Empire. In 1879, a stone church was built in the village.
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