Joltai
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Joltai
| native_name = {{lang|gag|Coltay}}
| settlement_type = Commune
| image_skyline =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| pushpin_map = Moldova Găgăuzia
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Moldova}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Gagauzia
| leader_party = Independent{{cite web | url= http://www.cec.md/index.php?pag=page&id=1587&l=ro | title= Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015 | language = ro | publisher= Central Election Commission of Moldova | year=2015 | accessdate = 2016-04-15}}
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Ilia Koșulinskii
| area_total_km2 =
| coordinates = {{coord|46|10|57|N|28|52|34|E|display=inline}}
| population_total = 1,893
| elevation_m =
| population_as_of = 2014 census
| population_footnotes = [http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014]: {{cite web | url= http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamint_pop_2014/Rezultate/Tabele/Caracteristici_populatie_Comune_RPL_2014_rom_rus_eng.xls | title= Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship) | publisher= National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova | format= XLS | year=2017 | accessdate = 2017-05-01}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
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| timezone1 = EET
| utc_offset1 = +2
| timezone1_DST = EEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +3
}}
Joltai ({{langx|gag|Coltay}}) is a commune and village in the Gagauz Autonomous Territorial Unit of the Republic of Moldova. The 2004 census listed the commune as having a population of 2,278 people.Statistica Moldovei. "[http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Populatia_pe_nation_localit_ru.xls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120613/http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Populatia_pe_nation_localit_ru.xls |date=2015-09-24 }}". Accessed March 8, 2009. Gagauz total 2,187. Minorities included 158 Moldovans, 67 Russians, 33 Ukrainians, 14 Bulgarians, 2 Poles and 1 Jew.
Its geographical coordinates are 46° 10' 57" North, 28° 52' 34" East.
Notable people
- Natalia Șoșeva (born 1964), Moldovan pharmacist and politician{{Cite web |last=Enache |first=Natalia |date=October 18, 2016 |title=La Joltai lupta se dă între vice-președintele Adunării Populare a Găgăuziei, un proprietar al unei rețele de televiziune și un agronom |trans-title=In Joltai, the Fight is Between the Vice-President of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia, an Owner of a Television Network and an Agronomist |url=https://www.moldovacurata.md/la-joltai-lupta-se-da-intre-vice-presedintele-adunarii-populare-a-gagauziei-un-proprietar-al-unei-retele-de-televiziune-si-un-agronom-1-557 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=MoldovaCurata.md |language=ro}}
References
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{{Gagauzia, Moldova}}
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