Râbnița | |
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District (Raion) | |
Anthem: Hymn of Rîbnița | |
Country |
De jure internationally recognised as part of Moldova De facto administered by the unrecognised Transnistria |
Administrative center | Râbnița |
Government | |
• Heads of the State Administration of the Râbnița District and the Râbnița City | Alla Demyanova |
Area | |
• Total | 850.2 km2 (328.3 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 69,000 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Rîbnița District, also spelled Râbnița District (Romanian: Rîbnița, Râbnița; Moldovan: Рыбница, Rybnica, Rîbnița; Ukrainian: Рибниця, Rybnyća; Russian: Рыбница, Rybnica), is an administrative district of Transnistria, Moldova. Its seat is the city of Rîbnița (Râbnița). It is located at 47°45′N 29°00′E / 47.750°N 29.000°E. The district contains this city and 22 communes (a total of 47 localities, including small villages/hamlets):
Rîbnița is located along the river Dniester, in the northern half of Transnsitria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the district is 82,699 people, including 24,729 (29.90%) Moldavians, 37,554 (45.41%) Ukrainians, 14,237 (17.22%) Russians, 149 (0.18%) Gagauzians, 309 (0.37%) Bulgarians, 51 (0.06%) Roma, 177 (0.64%) Jews, 528 (0.64%) Poles, 412 (0.50%) Belarusians, 150 (0.18%) Germans, 81 (0.10%) Armenians, and 4,322 (5.23%) others and non-declared.