Camenca District

Camenca District (Romanian: Raionul Camenca; Russian: Каменский район; Ukrainian: Кам'янський район) is a district of Transnistria, a breakaway republic which is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Its seat is the town of Camenca. The district contains this town and twelve communes (a total of 23 localities, including the small villages and hamlets):

Camenca
Solnecinoe    
Caterinovca
Sadchi
Crasnîi Octeabri
Alexandrovca    
Cuzmin
Voitovca
Hristovaia
Hrușca
Frunzăuca    
Ocnița
Podoima
Podoimița
Rașcov
Iantarnoe
Rotari
Bodeni
Socolovca
Severinovca
Slobozia-Rașcov
Valea Adîncă
Constantinovca    
Camenca
CountryMoldova
self-proclaimed stateTransnistria[1]
Administrative centerCamenca
Government
  Heads of the State Administration of the Camenca District and the Camenca CitySergey Sokirka
Area
  Total434.5 km2 (167.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total21,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Camenca is located along the river Dniester. It is the northernmost sub-district of Transnistria. According to the 2004 Transnistrian census, the population of the sub-district is 27,284 people, including 13,034 (47.77%) Moldovans, 11,610 (42.55%) Ukrainians, 1,880 (6.89%) Russians, 43 (0.16%) Gagauzians, 59 (0.22%) Bulgarians, 9 (0.03%) Romas, 10 (0.04%) Jews, 447 (1.64%) Poles, 85 (0.31%) Belarusians, 26 (0.10%) Germans, 16 (0.06%) Armenians, and 51 (0.19%) others.

The sub-district is home to the Dniester Sanatorium, the oldest health resort in Transnistria.

In 2001, election officials for the Transnistrian presidential election announced that sitting president Igor Smirnov received 103.6 percent of the vote in this region.

List of heads of the state administration of the Camenca District and the town of Camenca

  • Vladimir Karaush (? - 2012)
  • Pyotr Vasilyevich Mustya (25 January 2012[2] - 25 April 2014)
  • Natalya Viktorovna Isakova (25 April 2014 - [3] - 4 June 2014)
  • Sergey Andreevich Sokirka (4 June 2014 - )[4]

References

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