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Coșnița

Coordinates: 47°11′N 29°10′E / 47.183°N 29.167°E / 47.183; 29.167
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Coșnița
Кошница (rusă)
Кошніца (ucraineană)
Commune
Coșnița is located in Moldova
Coșnița
Coșnița
Coordinates: 47°8′43″N 29°8′5″E / 47.14528°N 29.13472°E / 47.14528; 29.13472
Country Moldova
District Dubăsari
Government
 • MayorAlexei Gafeli
Area
 • Total338 km2 (131 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total5,545
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
MD-4572

Coșnița is a commune located in Dubăsari District of the Republic of Moldova, on the eastern bank of the River Dniester. It consists of two villages, Coşniţa and Pohrebea (Template:Lang-ro; Russian: Погребя, Pogrebya).

During the 1992 War of Transnistria, the commune was the center of some of the heaviest fighting between the local inhabitants and the government of the Republic of Moldova on one side, and the secessionist government of Transnistria and the Russian 14th Army, on the other. As a legacy of that war, Pogrebea today hosts one of the largest areas of unremoved landmines in the region.[1]

47°11′N 29°10′E / 47.183°N 29.167°E / 47.183; 29.167

Population

According to the 2004 Moldovan Census,[2] the commune had a population of 5,699 people, of which Coșnița 4,996, and Pohrebea 703. Of these, 5,524 (4,829 in Coșnița, and 695 in Pohrebea) were ethnic Moldavians, 167 (160 in Coșnița, and 7 in Pohrebea) were ethnic minorities, and 9 other/undeclared.

Etymology

In Romanian language, Pogrebă means "a basement", and -ea is a specific ending in Romanian; the addition of which means that Pogrebea signifies "the basement", while Coşniţa is derived from the Bulgarian word for "basket" - "кошница"/"koshnitsa".

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Template:Ro icon Official results of 2004 Moldovan census Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


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