Camenca
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Camenca (Romanian: Camenca [ˈkameŋka], Moldovan Cyrillic: Каменка; Russian: Каменка, romanized: Kamenka; Ukrainian: Кам'янка, romanized: Kamyanka) is a town in Transnistria, a breakaway republic internationally recognized as part of Moldova. It is composed of the town itself and the village of Solnecinoe. Camenca is the seat of Camenca District. The town is located on the Dniester, in the north of Transnistria.
The mayor is Pyotr Mustya.[1]
History
The settlement was founded in 1609, when it was part of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1672 it fell to the Ottoman Empire, but was regained by Poland in 1699. Kamionka, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Lubomirski family, administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.[2] Following the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793, it was annexed by Russia.
The town became part of
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1989 | 13,689 | — |
2004 | 10,323 | −24.6% |
2014 | 8,871 | −14.1% |
According to the
Climate
Climate data for Camenca (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
1.9 (35.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.6 (21.9) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 33 (1.3) |
30 (1.2) |
33 (1.3) |
40 (1.6) |
57 (2.2) |
71 (2.8) |
72 (2.8) |
51 (2.0) |
49 (1.9) |
38 (1.5) |
39 (1.5) |
34 (1.3) |
547 (21.4) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 77 |
Source: NOAA[3]
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Notable people
- Nicolae Coval (1904–1970), Moldavian SSR politician, prime minister of the Moldavian SSR from 1945 to 1946
- Oleg Khorzhan (1976–2023), Transnistrian lawyer and politician
- Alexei Grabco (1936-2016), Soviet and Moldovan caricaturist
- Pyotr Vershigora (1905–1963), Soviet writer and one of the leaders of the Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland
Gallery
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Dormition of the Theotokos Church
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Church
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Administrative building
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House of culture
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Police station
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Bus station
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Central market
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Camenca surroundings
Notes
- political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovangovernment and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.
References
- ^ (in English) State Administrations of Cities and Regions of the PMR Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-617-607-240-9.
- ^ "Camenca Climate Normals 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
External links
- Eco-tourism in Eastern Europe, Camenca
- (in Polish) Kamionka (Camenca) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1882)
- Kamenka info, photos
- Map