Ștefan Vodă
Ștefan Vodă | |
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  Ștefan Vodă | |
| Coordinates: 46°30′55″N 29°39′47″E / 46.51528°N 29.66306°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| District | Ștefan Vodă District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vladislav Cociu (LOC), since 2019 |
| Elevation | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,078 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Ștefan Vodă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈʃtefan ˈvodə] ) is a city and the administrative centre of Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova.
History
[edit]Ștefan Vodă appeared on a map of the region for the first time in 1884, and was then resettled in 1909 as a small [[Bessarabia Germanspula 1990).
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Ștefan Vodă (1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
15.4 (59.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
6.2 (43.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42 (1.7) |
33 (1.3) |
39 (1.5) |
37 (1.5) |
52 (2.0) |
71 (2.8) |
62 (2.4) |
42 (1.7) |
49 (1.9) |
40 (1.6) |
42 (1.7) |
40 (1.6) |
549 (21.7) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 77 |
| Source: NOAA NCEI[2] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2014 census, the population of Ștefan Vodă amounted to 7,078 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 7,768 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 3,269 were men and 3,809 were women.[3]
Ethnic composition of Ștefan Vodă (2014)[4]
Footnotes:
* There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.
* Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova. In 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,[6] thus giving official status to the name Romanian.[7][8]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 3,359 | — |
| 1979 | 6,724 | +100.2% |
| 1989 | 9,869 | +46.8% |
| 2004 | 7,768 | −21.3% |
| 2014 | 7,078 | −8.9% |
See also
[edit]- Bessarabia Germans
- Vocea Basarabiei 103.8, a Romanian language radio station
References
[edit]- ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Stefan Voda" (CSV). ncei.noaa.gov. NOAA. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian, Russian, and English)
- ^ "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian, Russian, and English)
- ^ "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian, Russian, and English)
- ^ "Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituție în corelație cu Preambulul Constituției și Declarația de Independență a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 și 41b/2013)" (in Romanian). Constitutional Court of Moldova. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
124. ... Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conținută în Declarația de Independență referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conținute în articolul 13 al Constituției.
[124. ... Therefore, the Court considers that the provision contained in the Declaration of Independence regarding the Romanian language as the state language of the Republic of Moldova prevails over the provision regarding the Moldovan language contained in Article 13 of the Constitution.] - ^ "Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan'". Fox News. Associated Press. 2013-12-05. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ^ "Chisinau Recognizes Romanian As Official Language". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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1 In Transnistria. 2 Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. 3 Also a municipality. 4 The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city). | ||
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