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The status of Chişinău, Bălţi, and Bender as municipalities and first-level territorial units of the country allows their suburb villages to have, when large enough, their own mayor and local council. By contrast, the villages that are administratively part of (some of) the other cities do not retain self-rule. The status of Chişinău, Bălţi, and Bender as municipalities and first-level territorial units of the country allows their suburb villages to have, when large enough, their own mayor and local council. By contrast, the villages that are administratively part of (some of) the other cities do not retain self-rule.



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Currently, Moldova is divided into 37 first-tier units, including 32 districts (Template:Lang-ro; see also raions):

  1. Anenii Noi
  2. Basarabeasca
  3. Briceni
  4. Cahul
  5. Cantemir
  6. Călăraşi
  7. Căuşeni
  8. Cimişlia
  1. Criuleni
  2. Donduşeni
  3. Drochia
  4. Dubăsari
  5. Edineţ
  6. Făleşti
  7. Floreşti
  8. Glodeni
  1. Hînceşti
  2. Ialoveni
  3. Leova
  4. Nisporeni
  5. Ocniţa
  6. Orhei
  7. Rezina
  8. Rîşcani
  1. Sîngerei
  2. Soroca
  3. Străşeni
  4. Şoldăneşti
  5. Ştefan Vodă
  6. Taraclia
  7. Teleneşti
  8. Ungheni

three municipalities:

  1. Chişinău
  1. Bălţi
  1. Bender

one autonomous territorial unit:

  1. Gagauzia

and one territorial unit:

  1. Transnistria

The final status of the latter has not been settled yet, as the region, such as defined administratively, is not under the control of Moldovan authorities. The cities of Comrat and Tiraspol also have municipality status, but are not among first-tier units of Moldova; they are the seats of Gagauzia and Transnistria, respectively.

Current administrative divisions of Moldova

Localities

See also: List of cities in Moldova, List of communes in Moldova, List of localities in Moldova, and Alphabetic list of localities in Moldova

Moldova has a total of 982 incorporated localities (de jure with 982 mayors and 982 local councils), of which 5 have municipality status, 60 have city status, and 917 are villages with commune status. They cover the entire area of the country. Another 699 villages are too small to have a separate administration, and are part of either cities (40 of them) or communes (659). This makes for a total of 1,681 localities of Moldova, all but two of which are inhabited.

The status of Chişinău, Bălţi, and Bender as municipalities and first-level territorial units of the country allows their suburb villages to have, when large enough, their own mayor and local council. By contrast, the villages that are administratively part of (some of) the other cities do not retain self-rule.


  • Districts 32:
Name of district District seat Area
(km²)		 Population (2011) Population
density		 Towns/
villages
Anenii Noi Anenii Noi 892 83,100 93.2 45
Basarabeasca Basarabeasca 295 29,200 99.0 10
Briceni Briceni 814 75,300 92.5 39
Cahul Cahul 1,546 124,800 80.7 56
Cantemir Cantemir 870 62,800 72.2 51
Călărași Călărași 753 78,800 104.6 54
Căuşeni Căuşeni 1,163 92,300 79.3 48
Cimişlia Cimişlia 923 61,700 66.8 39
Criuleni Criuleni 688 73,100 106.2 43
Dondușeni Dondușeni 645 45,100 70.0 30
Drochia Drochia 1,000 90,100 90.1 40
Dubăsari Dubăsari 309 35,200 113.9 15
Edineţ Edineţ 933 82,900 88.9 49
Făleşti Făleşti 1,073 92,600 86.3 76
Floreşti Floreşti 1,108 90,000 81.2 74
Glodeni Glodeni 754 61,900 82.1 35
Hînceşti Hînceşti 1,484 122,000 82.2 63
Ialoveni Ialoveni 783 99,100 126.5 34
Leova Leova 775 53,800 69.4 39
Nisporeni Nisporeni 630 66,800 106.0 39
Ocniţa Ocniţa 597 56,100 94.0 33
Orhei Orhei 1,228 125,900 102.5 75
Rezina Rezina 621 52,600 84.7 41
Rîșcani Rîșcani 936 70,000 74.8 55
Sîngerei Sîngerei 1,033 93,400 90.4 70
Soroca Soroca 1,043 100,400 96.3 68
Străşeni Străşeni 730 91,300 125.1 39
Şoldăneşti Şoldăneşti 598 43,300 72.4 33
Ştefan Vodă Ştefan Vodă 998 71,900 72.0 26
Taraclia Taraclia 674 44,200 65.6 26
Telenești Telenești 849 74,200 87.4 54
Ungheni Ungheni 1,083 117,400 108.4 74


  • Municipalities 3:
Name of municipalities Municipality Seat Area
(km²)		 Population (2011) Population
density		 Towns/
villages
Bălți Bălți 78 148,900 1909.0 3
Bender Bender 97 93,700 966.0 2
Chişinău Chişinău 635 789,500 1243.3 35


  • Autonomous territory 2:
Name of autonomy Autonomy Seat Area
(km²)		 Population (2011) Population
density		 Towns/
villages
Găgăuzia Comrat 1,832 160,700 87.7 35
Transnistria Tiraspol 4,163 518,700 124.6 147

Notes

Areas not under central government control include:

  • Transnistria, which with the exception of six communes (comprising a total of ten localities) corresponds to the geographic part of Moldova situated to the east of the Dniestr (Romanian: Nistru) river, is de jure a part of Moldova, but in fact is governed by breakaway authorities. (See also: War of Transnistria.) The city of Dubăsari (administratively in Transnistria, and not in the Dubăsari district), and these six communes (administratively in the Dubăsari district of Moldova, and not in the administrsative definition of Transnistria), all controlled by the central authorities (except the village of Roghi in commune Molovata Nouă, which is controlled by Tiraspol), form the northern part of the security zone set at the end of the war.
  • Bender municipality (the city itself, and the commune Proteagailovca), and three communes (five localities) of Căuşeni district (Gîsca, Chiţcani, and Cremenciug) are de facto controlled by the breakaway regime of Transnistria. Together with one the commune Varniţa of Anenii Noi district and the commune Copanca of Căuşeni district under Moldovan control, these localities form the southern part of the security zone set at the end of the war. The city of Bender has both a Moldovan police force (mostly symbolic) and a Transnistrian militsiya force (practically in charge in most instances).

Population

On the opposite end, 41 of the 65 cities, and about half the communes of Moldova have local administration providing services for a single locality.
The village of Schinoasa was outlined within commune Ţibirica, Călăraşi district in 2007, and information is not available yet whether it has any population.
  • Village (hamlet) Ivanovca, commune Natalievca, Făleşti district, population 19, inhabited by 14 Russians and 5 Ukrainians, is the only inhabited locality in Moldova without any ethnic Moldovans. On the opposite end, one commune, Cigârleni, Ialoveni district, population 2,411, and 42 villages of sub-commune level (population varying from 1 to 673), have 100% Moldovan population.

Coincident names

Previous divisions

Counties (1998-2003)

Former counties of Moldova.
See also: Counties of Moldavia

Between 1998 and February 2003, Moldova was divided into 12 territorial units, including 1 municipality, 1 autonomous territorial unit, 1 territorial unit, and 9 counties (Romanian: judeţe; seats in brackets):

  1. Chişinău municipality, surrounded by Chişinău county, but different from it
  2. Bălţi County (Bălţi)
  3. Cahul County (Cahul)
  4. Chişinău County (Chişinău)
  5. Edineţ County (Edineţ)
  6. Lăpuşna County (Hînceşti)
  7. Orhei County (Orhei)
  8. Soroca County (Soroca)
  9. Tighina County (Căuşeni)
  10. Ungheni County (Ungheni)
  11. Găgăuzia, autonomous territorial unit (Comrat)
  12. Stânga Nistrului, territorial unit (Dubăsari)

In 2003, just before the abolition of the county system, a Taraclia County was split out from the Cahul County; it coincides with the current Taraclia district.

Cities and districts (1991-1998)

Between 1991-1998, Moldova was divided into 10 cities and 40 districts:

Cities
Districts
  • Anenii Noi
  • Basarabeasca
  • Brinceni
  • Cahul
  • Camenca
  • Cantemir
  • Căinari
  • Călăraşi
  • Căuşeni
  • Ciadîr-Lunga
  • Cimişlia
  • Comrat
  • Criuleni
  • Donduşeni
  • Drochia
  • Dubăsari
  • Edineţ
  • Făleşti
  • Floreşti
  • Glodeni
  • Grigoriopol
  • Hînceşti
  • Ialoveni
  • Leova
  • Nisporeni
  • Ocniţa
  • Orhei
  • Rezina
  • Rîbniţa
  • Rîşcani
  • Sîngerei
  • Slobozia
  • Soroca
  • Străşeni
  • Şoldăneşti
  • Ştefan Vodă
  • Taraclia
  • Teleneşti
  • Ungheni
  • Vulcăneşti

See also

References

  1. Administrative-territorial units of Moldova
  2. www.statoids.com

External links

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