Administrative divisions of Moldova

Currently

Moldova is divided into 32 districts (Romanian: raioane, raions), 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi, and Bender (Tighina)), one autonomous territorial unit (Gagauzia), and the territorial unit of Transnistria, the final status of which is yet unclear. The cities of Comrat and Tiraspol also have municipality status, but are not among first-tier units, i.e. are counted inside Gagauzia and Transnistria, respectively. The 32 districts (raions) are:

1. Anenii Noi
2. Basarabeasca
3. Briceni
4. Cahul, non-contiguous
5. Cantemir
6. Călăraşi
7. Căuşeni
8. Cimişlia
9. Criuleni, non-contiguous
10. Donduşeni
11. Drochia
12. Dubăsari, non-contiguous
13. Edineţ
14. Făleşti

    

    Administrative divisions of Moldova

15. Floreşti
16. Glodeni
17. Hînceşti
18. Ialoveni
19. Leova
20. Nisporeni
21. Ocniţa
22. Orhei
23. Rezina
24. Rîşcani
25. Sîngerei
26. Soroca
27. Străşeni
28. Şoldăneşti
29. Ştefan Vodă
30. Taraclia, non-contiguous
31. Teleneşti
32. Ungheni

Transnistria, which with the exception of a few localities corresponds to the part of Moldova east of the Dniestr/Nistru River, is de jure a part of Moldova, although in reality it is not controlled by the Moldovan government. In addition, Tighina municipality and 3 communes of Căuşeni district, all situated in the security zone, are de facto controlled by the breakaway regime of Transnistria.

Previously

Former counties of Moldova

Formerly (from 1998 until February 2003), Moldova was made up of the following 12 units: 1 municipality, 1 autonomous territorial unit, 1 territorial unit, and 9 counties, or judeţe (capitals in parentheses):

• Bălţi County (Bălţi)
• Cahul County (Cahul)
• Chişinău County (Chişinău)
• Chişinău municipality, surrounded by Chişinău county, but different from it
• Edineţ County (Edineţ)
• Găgăuzia, autonomous territorial unit (Comrat)
• Lăpuşna County (Hînceşti)
• Orhei County (Orhei)
• Soroca County (Soroca)
• Stânga Nistrului, territorial unit (Dubăsari)
• Tighina County (Căuşeni)
• Ungheni County (Ungheni)

Localities

Moldova has a total of 982 incorporated localities (i.e. 982 mayors and 982 local councils), of which 5 have municipality status, 60 have city status, and 917 have commune status. There are also 697 unincorporated localities; these are villages that are part of either cities (34 of them), or communes (663), but do not have a mayor and local council of their own. This makes for a total of 1,679 localities of Moldova.

no	type	name	municipalities	cities	communes	unincorporated	total
1	municipality	Chişinău	1	6	12	16	35
2	municipality	Bălţi	1	-	2	-	3
3	municipality	Bender	1	-	1	-	2
4	auton.territ.unit	Găgăuzia	1	2	23	6	32
5	territorial unit	Transnistria	1	9	69	68	147
6	district	Anenii Noi	-	1	25	19	45
7	district	Basarabeasca	-	1	6	3	10
8	district	Briceni	-	2	26	11	39
9	district	Cahul	-	1	36	18	55
10	district	Cantemir	-	1	26	24	51
11	district	Călăraşi	-	1	27	15	43
12	district	Căuşeni	-	2	28	18	48
13	district	Cimişlia	-	1	22	16	39
14	district	Criuleni	-	1	24	18	43
15	district	Donduşeni	-	1	21	8	30
16	district	Drochia	-	1	27	12	40
17	district	Dubăsari	-	-	11	4	15
18	district	Edineţ	-	2	30	17	49
19	district	Făleşti	-	1	32	42	75
20	district	Floreşti	-	3	37	34	74
21	district	Glodeni	-	1	18	16	35
22	district	Hînceşti	-	1	38	24	63
23	district	Ialoveni	-	1	24	9	34
24	district	Leova	-	2	23	14	39
25	district	Nisporeni	-	1	22	16	39
26	district	Ocniţa	-	3	18	12	33
27	district	Orhei	-	1	37	37	75
28	district	Rezina	-	1	24	16	41
29	district	Rîşcani	-	2	26	27	55
30	district	Sîngerei	-	2	24	44	70
31	district	Soroca	-	1	34	33	68
32	district	Străşeni	-	2	25	12	39
33	district	Şoldăneşti	-	1	22	10	33
34	district	Ştefan Vodă	-	1	22	3	26
35	district	Taraclia	-	1	14	11	26
36	district	Teleneşti	-	1	30	23	54
37	district	Ungheni	-	2	31	41	74
Total			5	60	917	697	1679

See also

• Autonomies of Moldova
• List of cities in Moldova
• List of localities in Moldova

External links

• Moldovan Parliament's Laws
• Moldovan Ministry of Local Public Administration
  • Moldovan Law 764-XV from December 27, 2001, [Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: md (help), no. 16/53, December 29, 2001, which in the version on the Ministry's website already takes into consideration these two subsequent modifications:
    • Modification 37-XV-14.02.2003
    • Modification 124-XV-18.03.2003
  • Moldovan Law 431-XIII from April 19, 1995, [Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: md (help), no. 31-32/340, June 9, 1995