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Rîbnița District

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Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Administrative center
  
Rîbnița

Area
  
850.2 km²

Rîbnița District

Country
  
De jure internationally recognised as part of  Moldova De facto administered by the unrecognised Transnistria

National anthem of r bni a district ribnita anthem


Rîbnița District, also spelled Râbnița District (Romanian: Rîbnița, Râbnița; Moldovan: Рыбница, Rybnica, Rîbnița; Ukrainian: Рибниця, Rybnyća; Russian: Рыбница, Rybnica), is an administrative district of Transnistria, Moldova. Its seat is the city of Rîbnița (Râbnița). It is located at 47°45′N 29°00′E. The district contains this city and 22 communes (a total of 47 localities, including small villages/hamlets):

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Rîbnița is located along the river Dniester, in the northern half of Transnsitria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the district is 82,699 people, including 24,729 (29.90%) Moldavians, 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.

List of Heads of the State Administration of the Rybnitsa Raion and the Rybnitsa City

  • Tamara Kharitonovna Kilivnik (3 February 2012 - August 2012)
  • Tatiana Mikhailovna Turanskaya (30 August 2012 – 10 July 2013)
  • Alla Fedorovna Demyanova (18 September 2013 – )
  • References

    Rîbnița District Wikipedia