Dondușeni district

Dondușeni district
Symbols
flag	coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Republic of Moldova
Capital	Dondușeni
surface	892 km²
Residents	37,856 (2014)
density	42 inhabitants per km²
founding	2003
ISO 3166-2	MD-DO
Website	www.donduseni.md (Romanian)
politics
president	Anastasia Pavlov
Political party	PCRM

48.333333333333 27.666666666667Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ' N , 27 ° 40' E

The Dondușeni Raion is a raion in the Republic of Moldova . The Rajons capital is Dondușeni .

geography

The Rajon is located in the north of the country and has a narrow section of the border with Ukraine along the Dniester River . The neighboring districts are Drochia , Edineț , Ocnița , Rîșcani and Soroca .

history

Dondușeni Rajon has existed since 2003.

population

Population development

In 1959, 54,386 inhabitants lived in the area of today's Rajons. By 1970 the population rose to 57,467. Contrary to the national development, the number of inhabitants fell continuously in the following three censuses: from 57,092 in 1979 to 53,902 in 1989 to 46,442 in 2004 - most recently well below the value of 1959. By 2014 it fell further to 37,856 .

Ethnic groups

According to the 2004 census, the Moldovans make up the proportionately largest ethnic group in Dondușeni Raion with 80.3%, followed by the Ukrainians with 12.7% and the Russians with 5.8%. Smaller minorities are the Romanians with 0.5% and the Gagauz and Bulgarians with 0.1% each.

Culture and sights

The largest dendrological park in Moldova is located in Țaul village . Around the park are several buildings erected at the beginning of the 20th century as well as an agricultural school founded in 1963, one of the oldest universities in the country.

cities and communes

There are a total of 30 villages in the Dondușeni Rajon. Including the city of Dondușeni , 21 municipalities and 8 other villages.

(Status: 2004)


City / municipality	Residents
Dondușeni	9,801
Arioneşti	1,596
Baraboi	3,354
Briceni	897
Cernoleuca	2,087
Climăuți	1,228
Corbu	1,619
Crișcăuți	1,348
Dondușeni	1,695
Elizavetovca	632
Frasin	2,090
Horodişte	1,075
Moșana	1,796
Pivniceni	728
Plop	1,472
Pocrovca	1,059
Rediul Mare	1,150
Scăieni	2,037
Sudarca	2,103
Teleșeuca	828
Tîrnova	4,606
Țaul	3,331

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/1_Toate_recensaminteleRne_ro.xls
↑ Comitetul Central al PCRM. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 8, 2012 ; Retrieved May 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Moldova: administrative structure (districts and municipalities) - population figures, graphics and map. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
↑ http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/6_Nationalitati_de_baza_ro.xls
↑ http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Populatia_pe_nation_localit_ro.xls

[census-1] ttp://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/1_Toate_recensaminteleRne_ro.xls

[2] Comitetul Central al PCRM. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 8, 2012 ; Retrieved May 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Moldova: administrative structure (districts and municipalities) - population figures, graphics and map. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .

[4] ttp://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/6_Nationalitati_de_baza_ro.xls

[5] ttp://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Populatia_pe_nation_localit_ro.xls