Coșnița
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, Coșnița and Pohrebea (Romanian: Pohrebea; Russian: Погребя, Pogrebya).
Coșnița | |
|---|---|
 "Monument of the Fallen Heroes" of the 1992 War of Transnistria | |
  Coșnița | |
| Coordinates: 47°8′43″N 29°8′5″E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| District |  Dubăsari |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alexei Gafeli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 338 km2 (131 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,545 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | MD-4572 |
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.
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 Coșnița is derived from the Bulgarian word for "basket" - "кошница"/"koshnitsa".
Notable people
- Petru Soltan (1931-2016), Moldavian mathematician
- Yosef Baratz (1890-1968), Zionist activist and Israeli politician
References
- 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.
- (in Romanian) Official results of 2004 Moldovan census Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
