Donduşeni District

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Donduşeni
—  District (Raion)  —
File:Donduşeni district CoA.svg Coat of arms
Country	Moldova
Administrative center (Oraş-reşedinţă)	Donduşeni
Government
- Raion President	Anastasie Pavlov
Area
- Total	645.0 km2 (249 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	46,442
- Density	72.0/km2 (186.5/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	251
Area code(s)	+373 51
Car plates	DN

Donduşeni district is a district in the north of Moldova. Its administrative center is the city of Donduşeni. As of 2004, its population was 46,442.^[1]

Contents 1 Localities 1.1 Cities 1.2 Communes 2 Demographics 3 Economy 4 Education 5 Culture 6 Health 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Localities

There are a total of 30 localities: 1 city, and 21 communes (containing further 8 villages within):

[edit] Cities

Donduşeni (population 9,801)

[edit] Communes

Arioneşti (pop. 1,596) Baraboi (pop. 3,354) Briceni (pop. 897) Cernoleuca (pop. 2,087) Climăuţi (pop. 1,228) Corbu (pop. 1,619) Crişcăuţi (pop. 1,348) Donduşeni (Dondoşani; pop. 1,695)  Elizavetovca (Elisabeta; pop. 632) Boroseni Frasin (Frasân; pop. 2,090) Caraiman Codrenii Noi Horodişte (Horodiştea; pop. 1,075) Moşana (pop. 1,796) Octeabriscoe

Pivniceni (pop. 728) Plop (Plopi; pop. 1,472) Pocrovca (pop. 1,059) Rediul Mare (pop. 1,150) Scăieni (Scăienii de Sus; pop. 2,037) Sudarca (pop. 2,013) Braicău     Teleşeuca (Teleşăuca Veche; pop. 828) Teleşeuca Nouă (Teleşăuca Nouă)   Tîrnova (pop. 4,606) Briceva Elenovca (Elena-Doamnă) Ţaul (pop. 3,331)

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic composition
Ethnic group	2004 census
Moldovans1	37,302
Ukrainians	5,893
Russians	2,714
Romanians1	247
Gypsies	68
Bulgarians	36
Gagauzians	31
Poles	15
Jews	12
others	124
Total	46,442

¹There is an ongoing controversy over whether Romanians and Moldovans are the same ethnic group, namely whether Moldovans' self-identification constitutes an ethnic group distinct and apart from Romanians or a subset. At the census, citizens could declare only one nationality. Consequently, one could not declare oneself both Moldovan and Romanian.

[edit] Economy

As of 2009, 18,311 businesses were registered in the district. Most of these were private (individual) farms. 532 km². of the district's 645 km² are is agricultural land, including 333.23 km² of arable land, and 38.88 km² of orchards.

[edit] Education

At of 2009, there were 21 kindergartens in the district. There were 7 lyceums (grades 1-12), 3 secondary schools (grades 1-11), 15 gymnasiums (grades 1-9), 1 primary school (grades 1-4), one or more professional schools (grades 12-13), and one or more boarding schools for orphans.

[edit] Culture

There are 23 public libraries, 22 culture halls, and 1 museum in Donduşeni district. There are also 87 art groups.

[edit] Health

There is a hospital with 135 beds, and an off-patient health center with 10 branches, and 10 physician offices.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Donduşeni District at the Webpage of the Ministry of Local Public Administration

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Coordinates: 48°20′N 27°40′E / 48.333°N 27.667°E / 48.333; 27.667

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