Administrative divisions of Moldova

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Administrative divisions

Currently, Moldova is divided into 37 first-tier units,[1] including 32 districts (Romanian: raioane; see also raions):

three municipalities:

two autonomous territorial units:

  1. Gagauzia
  2. 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 and Transnistria, respectively.

Current administrative divisions of Moldova

Localities

Moldova has a total of 982 incorporated localities (de jure with 982 mayors and 982 local councils), of which 5 have municipality status, 61 have city status, and 916 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 Chișinău, Bălți, 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.

Name of districtDistrict seatPresidentArea
(km²)
Population (2011)Population
density
Towns/
villages
Anenii NoiAnenii NoiVladimir Vâzdoagă89283,10093.245
BasarabeascaBasarabeascaIlie Cernăuţan29529,20099.010
BriceniBriceniEfimia Bendulac81475,30092.539
CahulCahulAvram Micinschi1,546124,80080.756
CantemirCantemirIon Balan87062,80072.251
CălărașiCălărașiIlie Rău75378,800104.654
CăușeniCăușeniIlie Gluh1,16392,30079.348
CimișliaCimișliaIon Veveriță92361,70066.839
CriuleniCriuleniVitalie Rotaru68873,100106.243
DondușeniDondușeniAnastasie Pavlov64545,10070.030
DrochiaDrochiaAndrei Marian1,00090,10090.140
DubăsariDubăsariGrigore Policinschi30935,200113.915
EdinețEdinețOleg Scutaru93382,90088.949
FăleștiFăleștiValeriu Muduc1,07392,60086.376
FloreștiFloreștiȘtefan Paniș1,10890,00081.274
GlodeniGlodeniValeriu Țarigradschi75461,90082.135
HînceștiHînceștiGrigore Cobzac1,484122,00082.263
IaloveniIaloveniNicolae Andronache78399,100126.534
LeovaLeovaEfrosinia Greţu77553,80069.439
NisporeniNisporeniVasile Bîtcă63066,800106.039
OcnițaOcnițaIon Tomai59756,10094.033
OrheiOrheiIon Ştefârţă1,228125,900102.575
RezinaRezinaEleonora Graur62152,60084.741
RîșcaniRîșcaniIon Parea93670,00074.855
SîngereiSîngereiGheorghe Meaun1,03393,40090.470
SorocaSorocaMircea Martîniuc1,043100,40096.368
StrășeniStrășeniPetru Voloșciuc73091,300125.139
ȘoldăneștiȘoldăneștiAlexandru Reliţchi59843,30072.433
Ștefan VodăȘtefan VodăVasile Buzu99871,90072.026
TaracliaTaracliaVasile Plagov67444,20065.626
TeleneștiTeleneștiBoris Burcă84974,20087.454
UngheniUngheniIurie Toma1,083117,400108.474
Name of municipalitiesMunicipality SeatMayorArea
(km²)
Population (2011)Population
density
Towns/
villages
BălțiBălțiVasile Panciuc78148,9001909.03
BenderBenderYuriy Gervachuk97101,0001041.22
ChișinăuChișinăuDorin Chirtoacă635789,5001243.335
Name of autonomyAutonomy SeatPresidentArea
(km²)
Population (2011)Population
density
Towns/
villages
GăgăuziaComratMihail Formuzal1,832160,70087.735
TransnistriaTiraspolYevgeny Shevchuk4,163518,700124.6147

Notes

Areas not under central government control include:

Population

On the opposite end, 42 of the 66 cities, and about half the communes of Moldova have local administration providing services for a single locality.
The village of Schinoasa was outlined within commune Țibirica, Călărași district in 2007, and information is not available yet whether it has any population.

Coincidal names

Previous divisions

Counties (1998-2003)

Former counties of Moldova.

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: județe; seats in brackets):

  1. Chișinău municipality, surrounded by Chișinău county, but different from it
  2. Bălți County (Bălți)
  3. Cahul County (Cahul)
  4. Chișinău County (Chișinău)
  5. Edineț County (Edineț)
  6. Lăpușna County (Hîncești)
  7. Orhei County (Orhei)
  8. Soroca County (Soroca)
  9. Tighina County (Căușeni)
  10. Ungheni County (Ungheni)
  11. Găgăuzia, autonomous territorial unit (Comrat)
  12. Stânga Nistrului, territorial unit (Dubăsari)

In October 1999 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:[2]

Cities
Districts
  • Anenii Noi
  • Basarabeasca
  • Brinceni
  • Cahul
  • Camenca
  • Cantemir
  • Căinari
  • Călărași
  • Căușeni
  • Ciadîr-Lunga
  • Cimișlia
  • Comrat
  • Criuleni
  • Dondușeni
  • Drochia
  • Dubăsari
  • Edineț
  • Fălești
  • Florești
  • Glodeni
  • Grigoriopol
  • Hîncești
  • Ialoveni
  • Leova
  • Nisporeni
  • Ocnița
  • Orhei
  • Rezina
  • Rîbnița
  • Rîșcani
  • Sîngerei
  • Slobozia
  • Soroca
  • Strășeni
  • Șoldănești
  • Ștefan Vodă
  • Taraclia
  • Telenești
  • Ungheni
  • Vulcănești

See also

References

External links

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