Șoldănești District

Şoldăneşti
District (Raion)
Country	Republic of Moldova
Administrative center (Oraş-reşedinţă)	Şoldăneşti
Government
• Raion President	Alexandru Reliţchi (PLDM), since 2007
Area
• Total	598 km2 (231 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	43,300
• Density	72.4/km2 (188/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	272
Area code	+373 72
Car plates	SD
Website	http://www.soldanesti.md

Şoldăneşti is a district (Romanian: raion) in the north-east of Moldova, with the administrative center at Şoldăneşti. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 43,300.

Demographics

• Births (2010): 536 (12.3 per 1000)
• Deaths (2010): 720 (16.6 per 1000)
• Growth Rate (2010): -184 (-4.2 per 1000)

Ethnic groups

• Moldovans 95.6%
• Ukrainians 2.5%
• Russians 0.9%
• Other 1%

Religion

• Christians - 98.9%
  • Orthodox Christians - 98.2%
  • Protestant - 0.7%
    • Seventh-day Adventists - 0.3%
    • Pentecostals - 0.2%
    • Baptists - 0.1
    • Evangelicals - 0.1%
• Other - 0.8%
• No Religion - 0.3%