Călăraşi district

Călărași District
Raionul Călărași

District (Raion)

Flag

Coat of arms

Country

Administrative center
(Oraș-reședinţă)

Government

• Raion President

Ilie Rău (PDM), since 2011

Area

• Total

753 km² (291 sq mi)

Population (2012)

• Total

78,800

• Density

104.6/km² (271/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

244

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Călărași is a district (Moldovan: raion) in the central part of Moldova, with the administrative center at Călărași. This region is very popular for its red wine, white wine, cognac. While Republic of Moldova were a part of Soviet Union, its wine were known far in all USSR. As of January 1, 2011, its population was 78,800.

The district territory is inhabited since Paleolithic, 50-40.000 years ago. Settlements with the earliest documentary attestation of the district are: Horodiște, Pitușca, and Sadova, they are certified in 1420. During the component was in the Principality of Moldova (1359-1812), the current Călărași territory held by the Orhei - Lăpuşna County. After dividing the land Orhei - Lapusna in two separate counties, some localities have passed Orhei County and the other part Lăpușna County. From the 16th through the 18th centuries, the district developed economically (trade, wine), culturally (to build monasteries, Frumoasa, Hârbovăţ and Răciula) and grew in population. After the Treaty of Bucharest, Basarabia is occupied by the Russian Empire at this time there is an intense russification of the native population. In 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Basarabia united with the motherland Romania but for a short time (1918–1940, 1941–1944). In 1940 after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty, the territory between the Prut and Nistru is busy again this time the USSR. In 1991 as a result of the proclamation of Independence of Moldova, part of the Ungheni County (1991–2003), and in 2003 became administrative unit of Moldova.