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Currently
Moldova is divided into 32 districts (Romanian: raioane, raions), 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi, and Bender (Tighina)), one autonomous territorial unit (Gagauzia), and the territorial unit of Transnistria, the final status of which is yet unclear. The cities of Comrat and Tiraspol also have municipality status, but are not among first-tier units, i.e. are counted inside Gagauzia and Transnistria, respectively. The 32 districts (raions) are:
- Anenii Noi
- Basarabeasca
- Briceni
- Cahul, non-contiguous
- Cantemir
- Călăraşi
- Căuşeni
- Cimişlia
- Criuleni, non-contiguous
- Donduşeni
- Drochia
- Dubăsari, non-contiguous
- Edineţ
- Făleşti
Administrative divisions of Moldova - Floreşti
- Glodeni
- Hînceşti
- Ialoveni
- Leova
- Nisporeni
- Ocniţa
- Orhei
- Rezina
- Rîşcani
- Sîngerei
- Soroca
- Străşeni
- Şoldăneşti
- Ştefan Vodă
- Taraclia, non-contiguous
- Teleneşti
- Ungheni
Transnistria, which with the exception of a few localities corresponds to the part of Moldova east of the Dniestr/Nistru River, is de jure a part of Moldova, although in reality it is not controlled by the Moldovan government. In addition, Tighina municipality and 3 communes of Căuşeni district, all situated in the security zone, are de facto controlled by the breakaway regime of Transnistria.
Previously
Formerly (from 1998 until February 2003), Moldova was made up of the following 12 units: 1 municipality, 1 autonomous territorial unit, 1 territorial unit, and 9 counties, or judeţe (capitals in parentheses):
- Bălţi County (Bălţi)
- Cahul County (Cahul)
- Chişinău County (Chişinău)
- Chişinău municipality, surrounded by Chişinău county, but different from it
- Edineţ County (Edineţ)
- Găgăuzia, autonomous territorial unit (Comrat)
- Lăpuşna County (Hînceşti)
- Orhei County (Orhei)
- Soroca County (Soroca)
- Stânga Nistrului, territorial unit (Dubăsari)
- Tighina County (Căuşeni)
- Ungheni County (Ungheni)
Localities
Moldova has a total of 982 incorporated localities (i.e. 982 mayors and 982 local councils), of which 5 have municipality status, 60 have city status, and 917 have commune status. There are also 697 unincorporated localities; these are villages that are part of either cities (34 of them), or communes (663), but do not have a mayor and local council of their own. This makes for a total of 1,679 localities of Moldova.
| no | type | name | municipalities | cities | communes | unincorporated | total |
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| 1 | municipality | Chişinău | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | municipality | Bălţi | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| 3 | municipality | Bender | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 4 | auton.territ.unit | Găgăuzia | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | territorial unit | Transnistria | 1 | 9 | 69 | 68 | 147 |
| 6 | district | Anenii Noi | - | 1 | 25 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | district | Basarabeasca | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | district | Briceni | - | 2 | 26 | 11 | 39 |
| 9 | district | Cahul | - | 1 | 36 | 18 | 55 |
| 10 | district | Cantemir | - | 1 | 26 | 24 | 51 |
| 11 | district | Călăraşi | - | 1 | 27 | 15 | 43 |
| 12 | district | Căuşeni | - | 2 | 28 | 18 | 48 |
| 13 | district | Cimişlia | - | 1 | 22 | 16 | 39 |
| 14 | district | Criuleni | - | 1 | 24 | 18 | 43 |
| 15 | district | Donduşeni | - | 1 | 21 | 8 | 30 |
| 16 | district | Drochia | - | 1 | 27 | 12 | 40 |
| 17 | district | Dubăsari | - | - | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 18 | district | Edineţ | - | 2 | 30 | 17 | 49 |
| 19 | district | Făleşti | - | 1 | 32 | 42 | 75 |
| 20 | district | Floreşti | - | 3 | 37 | 34 | 74 |
| 21 | district | Glodeni | - | 1 | 18 | 16 | 35 |
| 22 | district | Hînceşti | - | 1 | 38 | 24 | 63 |
| 23 | district | Ialoveni | - | 1 | 24 | 9 | 34 |
| 24 | district | Leova | - | 2 | 23 | 14 | 39 |
| 25 | district | Nisporeni | - | 1 | 22 | 16 | 39 |
| 26 | district | Ocniţa | - | 3 | 18 | 12 | 33 |
| 27 | district | Orhei | - | 1 | 37 | 37 | 75 |
| 28 | district | Rezina | - | 1 | 24 | 16 | 41 |
| 29 | district | Rîşcani | - | 2 | 26 | 27 | 55 |
| 30 | district | Sîngerei | - | 2 | 24 | 44 | 70 |
| 31 | district | Soroca | - | 1 | 34 | 33 | 68 |
| 32 | district | Străşeni | - | 2 | 25 | 12 | 39 |
| 33 | district | Şoldăneşti | - | 1 | 22 | 10 | 33 |
| 34 | district | Ştefan Vodă | - | 1 | 22 | 3 | 26 |
| 35 | district | Taraclia | - | 1 | 14 | 11 | 26 |
| 36 | district | Teleneşti | - | 1 | 30 | 23 | 54 |
| 37 | district | Ungheni | - | 2 | 31 | 41 | 74 |
| Total | 5 | 60 | 917 | 697 | 1679 | ||
See also
- Autonomies of Moldova
- List of cities in Moldova
- List of localities in Moldova
- List of places in Transnistria
References
External links
- Moldovan Parliament's Laws
- Moldovan Ministry of Local Public Administration
- Moldovan Law 764-XV from December 27, 2001, Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: md (help), no. 16/53, December 29, 2001, which in the version on the Ministry's website already takes into consideration these two subsequent modifications:
- Moldovan Law 431-XIII from April 19, 1995, Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: md (help), no. 31-32/340, June 9, 1995
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