Administrative divisions of Transnistria
The
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as Transnistria) is subdivided into five raions
:
- Camenca (Romanian: Camenca, Moldovan Cyrillic: Каменка)
- Rîbnița (Romanian: Rîbnița, Moldovan Cyrillic: Рыбница)
- Dubăsari (Romanian: Dubăsari, Moldovan Cyrillic: Дубэсарь)
- Grigoriopol (Romanian: Grigoriopol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Григориопол)
- Slobozia (Romanian: Slobozia, Moldovan Cyrillic: Слобозия)
and one municipality:
- Tiraspol (Romanian: Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол)
Also,
PMR
authorities, which consider it part of PMR's administrative organization.
During the 1992
PMR authorities and since then have been under effective Moldovan control. These localities are: commune Cocieri (including village Vasilievca), commune Molovata Nouă (including village Roghi), commune Corjova (including village Mahala), commune Coșnița (including village Pohrebea), commune Pîrîta, and commune Doroțcaia. The village of Corjova
is in fact divided between PMR and Moldovan central government areas of control. Roghi is also controlled by the PMR authorities.
At the same time, some areas which are situated on the right bank of the Dniester are under
Chițcani (including villages Merenești and Zahorna), and the commune of Cremenciug, formally in the Căușeni District
, situated south of the city of Bender.
The breakaway PMR authorities also claim the communes of Varnița, in the Anenii Noi District, a northern suburb of Bender, and Copanca, in the Căușeni District, south of Chițcani, but these villages remain under Moldovan control.