Slobozia, Moldova
Slobozia
Слободзея | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Slobozia Location of Slobozia in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′31″N 29°42′28″E / 46.72528°N 29.70778°E | |
| Country (de jure) |  Moldova |
| Country (de facto) |  Transnistria[a] |
| District of Transnistria | Slobozia District |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 20,000 |
Slobozia (Romanian pronunciation: [sloboˈzi.a]), also known as Slobodzeya (Russian: Слободзея; Ukrainian: Слободзея), is a city in the Republic of Moldova under the de facto control of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. It is the seat of the Slobozia District of Transnistria.
Slobozia is located in the southern part of Transnistria, south of Tiraspol. It had a population of 18,748 at the census in 1989, and 16,062 at the census in 2004. The population of the city is mostly made up of ethnic Moldovans (46%) and Russians (41%), while Ukrainians are an important minority (11%).[1]
The name of the city comes from the Romanian "slobozie", meaning "a tax-free colony (village)".[2]
Climate
[edit]Slobozia has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb bordering on Dfa).
| Climate data for Slobozia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
10.2 (50.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35 (1.4) |
35 (1.4) |
29 (1.1) |
34 (1.3) |
46 (1.8) |
65 (2.6) |
63 (2.5) |
41 (1.6) |
42 (1.7) |
26 (1.0) |
37 (1.5) |
38 (1.5) |
491 (19.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
[edit]- Petru Bogatu (born 1951 in Slobozia) is a Moldovan journalist and author
- Vasili Tishchenko, mayor
- Vladimir Ţurcan (born 1954 in Slobozia) is a Moldovan politician and member of the Parliament of Moldova since 2009.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ Ethnic composition of Transnistria 2004
- ^ "Dexonline".
- ^ "Climate: Слободзея". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
External links
[edit]- (in Polish) Słobodzieja (Slobozia) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1889)
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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). | ||
46°44′N 29°42′E / 46.733°N 29.700°E
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