Edine district

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Edine 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 Edineț
surface 911 km²
Residents 71,849 (2014)
density 79 inhabitants per km²
founding 2003
ISO 3166-2 MD-ED
Website www.edinet.md (Romanian)
politics
president Oleg Scutaru
Political party PCRM

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '  N , 27 ° 15'  E

The edineţ district is a Raion in the Republic of Moldova . The capital of the Rajons is Edineț .

geography

The Rajon is located in the northwest of the country on the border with Romania along the Prut River . The neighboring districts are Briceni , Dondușeni , Ocnița and Rîșcani .

In addition to the capital, Cupcini has town charter , the rest of the area of ​​the Rajons is distributed among rural communities. The Emil Racoviță Cave is one of the largest caves in the world in Edineț district. The cave named after the Romanian cave explorer Emil Racoviță was discovered in 1959 in an explosion in a gypsum quarry near the village of Criva. It has a widely ramified system of underground tunnels and several underground lakes.

history

Edineț Rajon has existed since 2003. Until February 2003, the area belonged to the larger and now dissolved Edineț (Județul Edineț) district.

population

Population development

In 1959 there were 78,042 inhabitants in the area of ​​today's Rajons. In the decades that followed, the number of inhabitants increased steadily: from 85,542 in 1970 to 91,713 in 1979 to 94,001 in 1989. By 2004, as in all of Moldova, the population of the Rajon fell, which was 81,390 in that year. In 2014 it was 71,849.

Ethnic groups

According to the 2004 census, the Moldovans make up the largest ethnic group in Edineț Rajon with 72.2%, followed by the Ukrainians with 19.8%, which is well above the national proportion of 8.4%. Smaller minorities are the Russians with 6.2%, the Romanians with 0.5%, the Gagauz with 0.2% and the Bulgarians with 0.1%.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/1_Toate_recensaminteleRne_ro.xls
  2. ↑ LISTA consilierilor în Consiliul Raional Edineţ. ( MS Word ; 61 kB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 27, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / edinet.md  
  3. ↑ Main attractions - "Emil Racovita" Cave. Ministerul Culturii si Turismului Republica Moldova, archived from the original on December 14, 2009 ; accessed on June 11, 2013 .
  4. ^ Moldova: administrative structure (districts and municipalities) - population figures, graphics and map. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
  5. ↑ http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamintul_populatiei/vol_1/6_Nationalitati_de_baza_ro.xls

Web links

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