Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic |
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Anthem:
Мы славим тебя, Приднестровье (Russian) My slavim tebya, Pridnestrovye (transliteration) We sing the praises of Transnistria |
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Status | Unrecognized state Recognized by the United Nations as de jure part of Moldova |
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Capital and largest city |
Tiraspol | ||||
Official languages | |||||
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script: Cyrillic (Moldovan alphabet),Russian | ||||
Ethnic groups (2004 census) |
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Demonym | Transnistrian, Pridnestrovian | ||||
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | ||||
Vadim Krasnoselsky | |||||
Aleksandr Martynov | |||||
Alexander Shcherba | |||||
Legislature | Supreme Council | ||||
Partially recognised state | |||||
2 September 1990 | |||||
2 March – 21 July 1992 | |||||
• Recognition
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3 non-UN membersc | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi) | ||||
• Water (%)
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2.35 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2015 census
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475,665 | ||||
• Density
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114/km2 (295.3/sq mi) | ||||
Currency | Transnistrian rubled (PRB) | ||||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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EEST (UTC+3) | ||||
Calling code | +373e | ||||
Internet TLD | nonef | ||||
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Transnistria (Romanian: [transˈnistria]), officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR; Russian: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика; Romanian: Republica Moldovenească Nistreană, RMN; Moldovan: Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ; Ukrainian: Придністровська Молдавська Республіка), and also called Transdniester, Trans-Dniestr, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked self-proclaimed state situated between the River Dniester and the border with Ukraine, recognised only by three other non-United Nations (UN) states: Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia. The region is considered by the UN to be part of Moldova. The PMR controls a narrow strip of 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").