Rîbnița
Rîbnița (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrɨbnit͡sa]; also spelled Râbnița; Moldovan Cyrillic and Russian: Ры́бница, Rybnitsa; Ukrainian: Ри́бниця, Rybnytsia or Rybnytsya; Yiddish: ריבניץ, Ribnitz; Polish: Rybnica) is a city in Moldova, under the administration of the breakaway government of Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, it has a population of 53,648. Rîbniţa is situated in the northern half of Transnistria, on the left bank of the Dniester, and separated from the river by a concrete dam. The city is the seat of the Rîbnița District.
History
Kingdom of Poland 1628-1672
Ottoman Empire 1672-1699
Kingdom of Poland 1699-1793
Russian Empire 1793-1917 Russian Republic 1917
Ukrainian People's Republic 1917-1919
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1919-1924 Moldavian Autonomous Oblast 1924
Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1924-1940
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1941
Transnistria Governorate 1941-1944 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic 1944-1991
Moldova/
Transnistria 1991-present
Rîbnița District
Rîbnița District, also spelled Râbnița District (Romanian: Rîbnița, Râbnița; Ukrainian: Рибниця, Rybnytsia; Russian: Рыбница, Rybnitsa, is an administrative district of Transnistria, Moldova. Its seat is the city of Rîbnița (Râbnița). It is located at 47°45′N 29°00′E / 47.750°N 29.000°E / 47.750; 29.000. The district contains this city and 22 communes (a total of 47 localities, including small villages/hamlets):
Rîbnița is located along the river Dniester, in the northern half of Transnsitria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the district is 82,699 people, including 24,729 (29.90%) Moldavians, 37,554 (45.41%) Ukrainians, 14,237 (17.22%) Russians, 149 (0.18%) Gagauzians, 309 (0.37%) Bulgarians, 51 (0.06%) Roma, 177 (0.64%) Jews, 528 (0.64%) Poles, 412 (0.50%) Belarusians, 150 (0.18%) Germans, 81 (0.10%) Armenians, and 4,322 (5.23%) others and non-declared.
List of Heads of the State Administration of the Rybnitsa Raion and the Rybnitsa City
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