Dondușeni

Dondușeni
Dondușeni
	Dondușeni Location in Moldova
	Coordinates: 48°13′N 27°35′E
Country	Moldova
District	Dondușeni District
Elevation	715 ft (218 m)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	7,101
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb

Dondușeni (Romanian pronunciation: [donduˈʃenʲ]) is a city in the north of Moldova. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Dondușeni District. Its postal code is MD-5102. The population at the 2004 census was 9,801.

Demographics

At the 1930 census, the locality (then a village) was known as Dondoșani-Gară (literally Dondoșani Station), and had a population of 953. It was part of Plasa Climăuți of Soroca County.

Ethnic composition
Ethnic group	1930 census	2004 census
Moldovans	338	6,495
Ruthenians (Ukrainians)	42	2,055
Russians	280	1,146
Jews	277	12
Bulgarians	1	17
Gagauzians	-	12
Poles	13	7
Gypsies	-	1
Germans	1	56
Serbians, Croatians, Slovenes	1
others	-
Total	953	9,801

Native language
Language	1930 census	2004 census
Romanian	340	N/A
Yiddish	270	N/A
Russian	196	N/A
Ukrainian	138	N/A
Polish	7	N/A
German	1	N/A
Serbo-Croatian, Slovene	1	N/A
Total	953	9,801

There are three high schools in Donduşeni, one Romanian, the Alexei Mateevici Lyceum, and two Russian.

Dondușeni has a hospital, a hotel, a police office, some cafes and restaurants.

Media

Vocea Basarabiei 104.4 FM

Notable people

Bibliography

Veaceslav Ioniță, Ghidul orașelor din Republica Moldova/ Veaceslav Ioniță. Igor Munteanu, Irina Beregoi. Chișinău: TISH, 2004 (F.E.-P. Tipografia Centrală). 248 p. ISBN 9975-947-39-5

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.

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[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.

Cities, towns and communes of Dondușeni District, Moldova
District seat: Dondușeni
Cities and towns	Dondușeni
Communes	Elizavetovca Frasin Moșana Sudarca Teleșeuca Tîrnova
Villages (communes)¹	Arionești Baraboi Briceni Cernoleuca Climăuți Corbu Crișcăuți Dondușeni Horodiște Pivniceni Plop Pocrovca Rediul Mare Scăieni Țaul
¹ As defined officially by law (villages not forming communes).

Cities and towns of Moldova
Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Tiraspol¹ Bălți Bender (Tighina)² Comrat Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Edineț Hîncești Orhei Soroca Strășeni Ungheni
Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat³ Tiraspol^1,3
District seats⁴	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni
Other towns	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca¹ Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe¹ Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc¹ Dubăsari¹ Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol¹ Iargara Lipcani Maiac¹ Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița¹ Sîngera Slobozia¹ Tiraspolul Nou¹ Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești
¹ In Transnistria. ² Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. ³ Also a municipality. ⁴ The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).