Camenca District Explained

Official Name:Camenca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Moldova
Subdivision Type1:self-proclaimed state
Subdivision Type3:Administrative center
Leader Title:Heads of the State Administration of the Camenca District and the Camenca City
Leader Name:Sergey Sokirka
Area Total Km2:434.5
Population Total:21,000
Population As Of:2015
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Camenca District (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Raionul Camenca, ; Russian: Каменский район|Kamensky rayon; Ukrainian: Кам'янський район|Kam"yans'kyy rayon) is a district of Transnistria, a breakaway republic which is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Its seat is the town of Camenca. The district contains this town and twelve communes (a total of 23 localities, including the small villages and hamlets):

Camenca is located along the river Dniester. It is the northernmost sub-district of Transnistria. According to the 2004 Transnistrian census, the population of the sub-district is 27,284 people, including 13,034 (47.77%) Moldovans, 11,610 (42.55%) Ukrainians, 1,880 (6.89%) Russians, 43 (0.16%) Gagauzians, 59 (0.22%) Bulgarians, 9 (0.03%) Romas, 10 (0.04%) Jews, 447 (1.64%) Poles, 85 (0.31%) Belarusians, 26 (0.10%) Germans, 16 (0.06%) Armenians, and 51 (0.19%) others.[1]

The sub-district is home to the Dniester Sanatorium, the oldest health resort in Transnistria.

In 2001, election officials for the Transnistrian presidential election announced that sitting president Igor Smirnov received 103.6 percent of the vote in this region.

List of heads of the state administration of the Camenca District and the town of Camenca

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Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm
  2. Web site: Президент назначил главу администрации г.Каменка и Каменского района . 2014-05-05 . 2014-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505123245/http://tiras.ru/biznes/33566-prezident-naznachil-glavu-administracii-gkamenka-i-kamenskogo-rayona.html . live .
  3. Web site: Указ Президента ПМР №135 «О временном возложении исполнения обязанностей главы государственной администрации Каменского района и города Каменка» . 2014-04-28 . 2014-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426235431/http://president.gospmr.ru/ru/news/ukaz-prezidenta-pmr-no135-o-vremennom-vozlozhenii-ispolneniya-obyazannostey-glavy . live .
  4. Web site: Исполнять обязанности главы госадминистрации Каменки будет Сергей Сокирка . 2015-07-27 . 2015-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208123751/http://novostipmr.com/ru/news/14-06-04/ispolnyat-obyazannosti-glavy-gosadministracii-kamenki-budet-sergey . live .