Geography of Transnistria

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Републикэ Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ (Moldovan) Republica Moldovenească Nistreană Приднестрóвская Молдáвская Респýблика (Russian) Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika Придністровська Молдавська Республіка (Ukrainian) Prydnistrovśka Moldavśka Respublika
Flag Emblem
Anthem:  Мы славим тебя, Приднестровье (Russian) My slavim tebya, Pridnestrovye  (transliteration) We sing the praises of Transnistria
Capital and largest city	Tiraspol
Official languages	Russiana Moldovanb Ukrainian
Inter-ethnic language	script: Cyrillic (Moldovan alphabet), Russian
Ethnic groups (2005)	32.1% Moldovans 30.4% Russians 28.8% Ukrainians 2.5% Bulgarians 6.2% others / unspecified
Demonym	Transnistrian, Pridnestrovian
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President	Vadim Krasnoselsky
• Prime Minister	Aleksandr Martynov
Legislature	Supreme Council
Partially recognised state
• Independence declared	2 September 1990
• War of Transnistria	2 March – 21 July 1992
• Recognition	3 non-UN membersc
Area
• Total	4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi)
• Water (%)	2.35
Population
• 2014 estimate	505,153
• 2015 census	475,665
• Density	124.6/km2 (322.7/sq mi)
Currency	Transnistrian rubled (PRB)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Calling code	+373e
Internet TLD	nonef
Russian is the main official language. The Romanian language is officially called Moldavian in Transnistria. Limited to the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and South Ossetia (see Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations). Moldovan leu used in those areas under Moldovan control and in the security zone. +373 5 and +373 2. .ru and .md sometimes used.

Transnistria (Moldovan: [transˈnistria]), officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR; Russian: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика; Moldovan: Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ; Ukrainian: Придністровська Молдавська Республіка); also called Transdniester, Trans-Dniestr, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, is a self-proclaimed republic on a strip of land between the River Dniester and the border with Ukraine, recognised only by three non-United Nations (UN) states. The region is considered by the UN to be part of Moldova. The PMR controls most of the territory to the east of the River Dniester, and also the city of Bender and its surrounding localities on the west bank, in the historical region of Bessarabia.

Unrecognised by any United Nations member state, Transnistria is designated by the Republic of Moldova as the Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status (Romanian: Unitatea teritorială autonomă cu statut juridic special Transnistria), or Stînga Nistrului ("Left Bank of the Dniester").

After the dissolution of the USSR, tensions between Moldova and the breakaway Transnistrian territory escalated into a military conflict that started in March 1992 and was concluded by a ceasefire in July of the same year. As part of that agreement, a three-party (Russia, Moldova, Transnistria) Joint Control Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarised zone, comprising twenty localities on both sides of the river. Although the ceasefire has held, the territory's political status remains unresolved: Transnistria is an unrecognised but de facto independentpresidential republic with its own government, parliament, military, police, postal system, currency and license plates. Its authorities have adopted a constitution, flag, national anthem, and coat of arms. It is the only country with a hammer and sickle on its flag.