Official Name: | Rîbnița |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Moldova |
Subdivision Type1: | self-proclaimed state |
Subdivision Type3: | Administrative center |
Subdivision Name3: | Rîbnița |
Leader Title: | Heads of the State Administration of the Rîbnița District and the Rîbnița City |
Leader Name: | Alla Demyanova |
Area Total Km2: | 850.2 |
Population Total: | 69,000 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
The Rîbnița District (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Raionul Rîbnița; Russian: Рыбницкий район; Ukrainian: Рибницький район) is an administrative district of Transnistria (de facto) in Moldova (de jure). Its seat is the city of Rîbnița, sometimes spelt as "Râbnița". It is located at 47.75°N 29°W. The district contains this city and 22 other communes (with a total of 47 localities, including small villages and hamlets):
Rîbnița is located along the river Dniester, in the northern half of Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the district is 82,699 people, including 24,729 (29.90%) Moldovans, 37,554 (45.41%) Ukrainians, 14,237 (17.22%) Russians, 149 (0.18%) Gagauzians, 309 (0.37%) Bulgarians, 51 (0.06%) Roma, 177 (0.64%) Jews, 528 (0.64%) Poles, 412 (0.50%) Belarusians, 150 (0.18%) Germans, 81 (0.10%) Armenians, and 4,322 (5.23%) others and non-declared.[1]