Dubăsari District, Transnistria Explained

Official Name:Dubăsari District
Settlement Type:district
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Moldova
Subdivision Type1:self-proclaimed state
Subdivision Name1:Transnistria
Subdivision Type3:Administrative center
Subdivision Name3:Dubăsari
Leader Title:Heads of the State Administration of the Dubăsari District and the Dubăsari City
Leader Name:Fedor Kovalev
Area Total Km2:381.2
Population Total:31,000
Population As Of:2015
Website:http://www.dubossary.ru/
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Image Map1:Naddniestrze-Dubasari.png

Dubăsari District (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Raionul Dubăsari, ; Russian: Дубоссарский район; Ukrainian: Дубоссарський район), is an administrative subdivision of Transnistria, Moldova. It is located along the river Dniester, in the center of Transnsitria. Its seat is the city of Dubăsari. The district contains this city and 9 communes (a total of 21 localities, including small villages/hamlets):

In addition, the breakaway authorities control the village of Roghi of the Chişinău-controlled Molovata Nouă commune of Dubăsari District. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the sub-district is 36,734, and that of the village Roghi is 715. The exact ethnic composition is available only for the sum: 18,763 (50.1%) Moldovans, 10,594 (28.29%) Ukrainians, 7,125 (19.03%) Russians, 92 (0.25%) Gagauzians, 134 (0.36%) Bulgarians, 46 (0.12%) Roma, 46 (0.12%) Jews, 53 (0.14%) Poles, 185 (0.50%) Belarusians, 63 (0.17%) Germans, 126 (0.34%) Armenians, and 205 (0.56%) others and non-declared.[1] The population of the village of Roghi is almost entirely Moldovan (95.32%).[2]

In 1990–1991, the city of Dubăsari and the surrounding area were occasionally the scene of incidents, which aimed to establish in Transnistria a government that would break away from Moldova. In the 1992 War of Transnistria the city and the surrounding area were a major scene of the fighting.

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

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm
  2. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm
  3. News: http://president.gospmr.ru/ru/news/glava-gosudarstva-evgeniy-shevchuk-provel-ryad-kadrovyh-naznacheniy-v-organah-gosudarstvennoy. ru:Глава государства Евгений Шевчук провел ряд кадровых назначений в органах государственной власти. 22 October 2013. ru. 23 October 2013.