Sovetscoe Explained

Sovietscoe
Other Name:Советское (ru)
Совєтське (uk)
Settlement Type:Commune
Pushpin Map:Moldova
Subdivision Type:Country (de jure)
Subdivision Type1:Country (de facto)
Leader Title:Mayor
Coordinates:47.9575°N 29.1444°W
Elevation M:219
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3

Sovetscoe or Sovietscoe[1] (Ukrainian: Совєтське, Sovyets’ke, Russian: Сове́тское, Sovetskoye) is a commune in the Rîbnița District of Transnistria, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Sovetscoe and Vasilievca (Васильевка).[2] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

According to the 2004 census, the village's population was 629, of which 347 (55.16%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 212 (33.7%) Ukrainians and 53 (8.42%) Russians.[3]

References

47.9542°N 29.1344°W

Notes and References

  1. http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=312874&lang=1 LEGEA Nr. 764 din 27.12.2001 privind organizarea administrativ-teritorială a Republicii Moldova: anexa 5
  2. http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Clasificatoare/CUATM_rom.zip Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)
  3. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm