Tvardița

Tvardiţa Твърдица
Tvardiţa Location within Moldova
Coordinates: 46°09′N 28°58′E / 46.150°N 28.967°E / 46.150; 28.967Coordinates: 46°09′N 28°58′E / 46.150°N 28.967°E / 46.150; 28.967
Country	Moldova
County	Taraclia District
Founded	1830
Population (2008)
• Total	5,843
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.tvarditsa.com/

The welcome sign of Tvardiţa, written mostly in Bulgarian

The Church of Saint Petka of Bulgaria

Tvardiţa (Bulgarian: Твърдица, Tvǎrdica) is a town in Taraclia district, Moldova. It was founded following the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) by Bulgarian refugees from Tvarditsa, a town just south of the Balkan Mountains, and the surrounding region. The local Bulgarian population forms part of the larger group of Bessarabian Bulgarians.

Previously a commune, Tvardiţa was declared a town in 2013.^[1]

Notes

External links

• Tvarditsa.com, a website about the commune's Bulgarian population
• Tvarditsa - MD.
• Parcani - PMR.
• Media related to Tvarditsa, Moldova at Wikimedia Commons

Cities and towns of Moldova (alphabetical order)
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Bălți Bender (Tighina)2
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat3 Tiraspol1,3
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).