Cantemir district

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Cantemir district
Ukraine Rumänien Transnistrien Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Gagausien Gagausien Gagausien Gagausien Taraclia Taraclia Cahul Cantemir Leova Cimișlia Căușeni Bender Ștefan Vodă Hîncești Ialoveni Anenii Noi Dubăsari Dubăsari Chișinău Munizip Chisinau Criuleni Criuleni Nisporeni Strășeni Orhei Rezina Ungheni Telenești Călărași Șoldănești Fălești Glodeni Bălți Florești Sîngerei Rîșcani Drochia Soroca Edineț Ocnița Dondușenilocation
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Basic data
Country Republic of Moldova
Capital Cantemir
surface 878 km²
Residents 52,115 (2014)
density 59 inhabitants per km²
founding 2003
ISO 3166-2 MD-CT
Website cantemir.md (Romanian)
politics
president Andrei Malaşevschi
Political party PLDM

Coordinates: 46 ° 15 '  N , 28 ° 20'  E

The place Vișniovca in Cantemir Rajon
The place Vișniovca , the German cemetery

The Cantemir District is a Raion in the Republic of Moldova . The capital of the Rajons is Cantemir .

geography

The Rajon is located in the southwest of the country on the border with Romania along the Prut River . It borders on the Leova Raion to the north, the Gagauz Autonomous Region to the east and the Cahul Raion to the south .

history

Cantemir Rajon has existed since 2003. Until February 2003, the area belonged to the now dissolved Cahul District (Județul Cahul) together with today's Cahul and Taraclia Rajons .

population

Population development

1959 lived in the area of ​​today's Rajons 46,758 inhabitants. In the decades that followed, the number of inhabitants increased steadily: from 56,466 in 1970 to 58,169 in 1979 to 62,864 in 1989. By 2004, as in the whole of Moldova, the population of the Rajon fell, which was 60,001 in that year. In 2014 it was 52,115.

Ethnic groups

According to the 2004 census, Moldovans make up the largest ethnic group in Cantemir Raion with 88.3%, followed by Bulgarians with 6.2%. Smaller minorities are the Ukrainians with 1.6%, the Romanians with 1.5%, the Russians with 1.2% and the Gagauz with 0.9%.

cities and communes

Cantemir Rajon consists of one city and 26 parishes.

Cities:

Communities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/1_Toate_recensaminteleRne_ro.xls
  2. ^ Moldova: administrative structure (districts and municipalities) - population figures, graphics and map. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/6_Nationalitati_de_baza_ro.xls

Web links

Commons : Rajon Cantemir  - collection of images, videos and audio files