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Ocnița, Transnistria

Coordinates: 48°7′55″N 28°38′25″E / 48.13194°N 28.64028°E / 48.13194; 28.64028
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Ocnița
Окница
Village
Ocnița is located in Moldova
Ocnița
Ocnița
Coordinates: 48°7′55″N 28°38′25″E / 48.13194°N 28.64028°E / 48.13194; 28.64028
Country (de jure) Moldova
Country (de facto) Transnistria[a]
Elevation
69 m (226 ft)
Population
 (2004)
815
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ocnița (Moldovan Cyrillic and Russian: Окница, romanizedOknitsa, Ukrainian: Окниця, romanizedOknitsya, Polish: Oknica[1]) is a village in the Camenca District of Transnistria, Moldova.[2] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the breakaway Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

History

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Oknica, 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 of the Kingdom of Poland.[1] Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia.

In 1924, it became part of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast, which was soon converted into the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 during World War II. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by Romania as part of the Transnistria Governorate.

According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 815, of which 19 (2.33%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 787 (96.56%) Ukrainians and 8 (0.98%) Russians.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

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  1. ^ a b Krykun, Mykola (2012). Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали (in Ukrainian and Polish). Ukraïns'kij katolickij unìversitet. p. 530. ISBN 978-617-607-240-9.
  2. ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
  3. ^ "Ethnic composition of Transnistria 2004".