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Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status

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Capital
  
Tiraspol

Area
  
4,163 km²

Legislature
  
Supreme Council

Population
  
505,153 (2014)

Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status

Languages
  
Romanian (with Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet) Russian Ukrainian

Currency
  
Transnistrian ruble (PRB)

Transnistria, officially the Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status (Moldovan: Унитатеа тертьорялэ аутономэ ку статут журидик сречял Транснистря, Unitatea teritorială autonomă cu statut juridic special Transnistria; Russian: Автономное территориальное образование с особым правовым статусом Приднестровье; Ukrainian: Автономне територіальне утворення з особливим правовим статусом Придністров'я) is a formal administrative unit of Moldova established by the Government of Moldova to delineate the territory controlled by the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

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History

  • From the late 1980s until end of 1991, there was a dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • In 1992 there was a war of Transnistria between the Republic of Moldova and the unrecognized state Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on the part of territory of the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. From the end of the war until present time there is territory, which is claimed by Moldova, but is controlled by the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and there is a territory, which is claimed by the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, but is controlled by Moldova
  • On 7/22/2005, the Autonomous territorial unit with special legal status Transnistria was established in Moldova

    • Territory

    Territory of Autonomous territorial unit with special legal status Transnistria is mostly coincides with territory of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, but there are principal differences:

  • Bender is included to Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, but is excluded from Autonomous territorial unit with special legal status Transnistria
  • Territories, which are claimed by Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, but controlled by Moldova, are excluded from Autonomous territorial unit with special legal status Transnistria. This territories are included into Dubasari District, Causeni District and Anenii Noi District.

    • Settlements

    There are 147 settlements in Transnistria (settlements of left bank of Dnestr): 1 municipality, 9 towns, 2 settlements, which are parts of towns, 69 villages (communes), 135 settlements, which are parts of villages (communes).

    References

    Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status Wikipedia
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