Ungheni District

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Ungheni (Romanian pronunciation: [uŋˈɡenʲ]) is a district (Romanian: raion) in the central part of Moldova, bordering Romania, with the administrative center at Ungheni. The other major city is Cornești. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 117,400.^{[citation needed]}

History

Villages with ancient historical credentials are

• Localities: 74
  • Administrative center: Ungheni
    • Cities: Cornești, Ungheni
      • Communes: 31
        • Villages: 41

Demographics

1 January 2012 the district population was 117,200 of which 34.5% urban and 65.5% rural population

• Births (2010): 1517 (12.9 per 1000)
• Deaths (2010): 1417 (12.1 per 1000)
• Growth Rate (2010): 100 (0.8 per 1000)

Ethnic groups

Footnote: * There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.

Religion

• Christians – 98.2%
  • Orthodox Christians
    – 97.0%
  • Protestant
    – 1.2%
    • Baptists – 0.9%
    • Seventh-day Adventists
      – 0.2%
    • Evangelicals
      – 0.1%
• Other – 1.1%
• No Religion – 0.6%
• Atheists
  – 0.1%

Economy

Currently over 16,600 businesses are registered. After legal form a share is the great farms, individual

Industry

Processing industry of agricultural production is represented by

District is traditional for the production of ceramic. At activates Ungheni over half a century artistic ceramics factory.

Telecommunications

Telecommunications and information sources is an area that every year more and progress records. Diversity and quality of these services has increased considerably. The banking system is represented by 11 branches of banks in Moldova.

Politics

In terms of political and

During the last three elections AEI had an increase of 79.5%

Elections

Culture

The district operates: houses and cultural centers – 62 units, amateur

• Aleksandr Nevski Church
• Museum of History and Ethnography Ungheni
• Nature reserve "Plaiul Fagului"
• Pirlita
  village museum
• fortress
• Trinity martyrs nation

Personalities

• Comedy writer
  in Hollywood from the 1940–1980
• Gheorghe Papuc – Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova in 2002–2009
• Samuel Cohen – Composer of the national anthem of Israel, Hatikvah
• Vasile Șoimaru – Economist, lecturer and journalist
• Vasile Vasilache – Writer

See also

Ungheni County

References

External links

• Ungheni city site
• Talk: District Ungheni
• General description of the district Ungheni