Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester | |
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 Logo of theBureau for Reintegration | |
.svg) Location and extent of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester (red) withinMoldova. | |
| Status | Government in exile |
| Capital | Tiraspol (claimed) Chișinău (capital in exile) |
| Languages | |
| Government | Autonomous region |
• Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration | Roman Roșca[2] |
• Chairman of the Supreme Council | Vacant |
| Legislature | Supreme Council |
| Autonomous territorial unit ofMoldova | |
• Created | 27 July 2005[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 2.35 |
| Population | |
• March 2024 estimate | 367,776 (Moldovan estimate)[4] |
• 2015 census | 475,373[5] |
• Density | 73.5/km2 (190.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Calling code | +373 |
| Internet TLD | .md |
TheAdministrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester[a] is anautonomous territorial unit ofMoldova established by theGovernment of Moldova to delineate the territory controlled by theunrecognized state ofTransnistria, a territory underRussianmilitary occupation.
After thedissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, theTransnistria War broke out between theRepublic of Moldova and theunrecognized state ofTransnistria over territories of the formerMoldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
On 22 July 2005, the autonomous territorial unit with special legal status was established in Moldovan law.[3] This was done as part of theYushchenko Plan forreintegrating Transnistria into Moldova.[6]
The territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester mostly coincides with territory of theTransnistria, but there are two important differences:[7][8]
Transnistria contains 147 settlements (settlements on the east bank of the Dniester river): one municipality, nine towns, two settlements which are parts of towns, 69 villages (communes), and 135 settlements which are parts of villages (communes).[7]
The government of Moldova has established aBureau for Reintegration headed by the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, a post held byOleg Serebrian since January 2022.[9]
The law which establishes the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester states that the region is to elect a Supreme Council on the basis of free, transparent and democratic elections. The Supreme Council should then adopt a Basic Law to formally establish the executive institutions of the region.[10]
The region has the right to adopt its own symbols to be used in conjunction with the national symbols of Moldova. The official languages of the region are Romanian in the Latin script, Russian and Ukrainian. The region would be able to establish relationships with other countries for economic, technical, scientific and humanitarian purposes.[10]
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