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Currently, Moldova is divided into 37 first-tier units: 32 districts (Romanian: raioane; see also raions), 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi, and Bender/Tighina), one autonomous territorial unit (Gagauzia), and one territorial unit (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, respectively Transnistria. The 32 districts are:

Localities

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.

Note: Areas not under central government control include:

• Transnistria, which with the exception of seven communes (comprising a total of 10 villages) 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 reality it is governed by breakaway authorities. (See also: War of Transnistria.) The city of Dubăsari (administratively in Transnistria, and not in the Dubăsari district), and the six communes (administratively in the Dubăsari district of Moldova), controlled by Chişinău (except the village of Roghi in commune Molovata Nouă, which is controlled by Tiraspol), form the northern part of the security zone.
• Bender/Tighina municipality (the city itself, and the commune Proteagailovca), and three communes (five villages) 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. The city of Bender/Tighina has both a Moldovan police force (mostly symbolic) and a Transnistrian militsiya force (de facto in charge in most instances).

Trivia

• There is a city Mărculeşti, and a different commune Mărculeşti, both situated in the Floreşti district
• There is a city Donduşeni, and a different commune Donduşeni, both situated in the Donduşeni district
• There is a city Drochia, and a different commune Drochia, both situated in the Drochia district
• There is a city Costeşti, Rîşcani district, population 2,247 (4,109 with 4 suburb villages), the 8th smallest city in Moldova, and a commune (village) Costeşti, Ialoveni district, population 11,128, the 2nd largest village in Moldova
• There is one commune, Cigârleni, Ialoveni district, population 2,411, and 42 villages of sub-commune level (population varying from 1 to 673), with 100% Moldovan (Romanian) population
• Village (hamlet) Ivanovca, commune Natalievca, Făleşti district, population 19, inhabited by 14 Russians and 5 Ukrainains, is one of only four localities in Moldova without ethnic Moldovans (Romanians). The other three are village Stălineşti, commune Corestăuţi, Ocniţa district, population 0, village Chetrişul Nou, commune Chetriş, Făleşti district, population 0, and village Pelinia, loc.st.c.f, commune Pelinia, Drochia district, population 0
• The smallest entity electing a mayor is commune Salcia, Taraclia district, population 441. It consists of the village Salcia, population 382, and the village Orehovca, population 59.
• The largest number of villages in a Moldovan commune is 6. This is the case for communes Tătărăuca Veche, Soroca district, population 2,203, and Natalievca, Făleşti district, population 2,231. A mayor for 6 localities is also found in the city of Anenii Noi, population 11,463, of which 3,105 in the 5 suburban villages. On the opposite end, 41 of the 65 cities, and over half the villages of Moldova elect a mayor alone.

Previous divisions

Counties (1998-2003)

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):

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

• Bălţi
• Cahul
• Chişinău
• Dubăsari
• Orhei
• Rîbniţa
• Soroca
• Tighina
• Tiraspol
• Ungheni

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

• ISO 3166-2:MD, ISO subdivision codes for Moldova

References

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

External links

• Moldovan Ministry of Local Public Administration
• Law № 764-XV/2001 on the administrative organization of the Republic of Moldova available on Wikisource.
  • Modification 37-XV-14.02.2003
  • Modification 124-XV-18.03.2003
• Moldovan Law 431-XIII from April 19, 1995, Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: md (help), no. 31-32/340, June 9, 1995

v t e Administrative divisions of Moldova
Districts	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Dubăsari Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Autonomous territorial units	Găgăuzia Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester
Municipalities	Bălți Bender Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Chișinău Comrat Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Tiraspol Ungheni
^ Currently controlled by the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

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