Coşniţa

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Coşniţa is a commune located in Dubăsari district of the Republic of Moldova, on the eastern bank of the River Dniester. It consists of two villages, Coşniţa and Pohrebea (Romanian: Pohrebea; Russian: Погребя, Pogrebya).

During the 1992 War of Transnistria, the commune was the center of some of the heaviest fighting between the local inhabitants and the government of the Republic of Moldova on one side, and the secessionist government of Transnistria and the Russian 14th Army, on the other. As a legacy of that war, Pogrebea today hosts one of the largest areas of unremoved landmines in the region.[1]

Coordinates: 47°11′N 29°10′E / 47.183, 29.167

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[edit] Population

According to the 2004 Moldovan Census[1], the commune had a population of 5,699 people, of which Coşniţa 4,996, and Pohrebea 703. Of these, 5,524 (4,829 in Coşniţa, and 695 in Pohrebea) were ethnic Moldavians, 167 (160 in Coşniţa, and 7 in Pohrebea) were ethnic minorities, and 9 other/undeclared.

[edit] Ethymology

In Romanian language, Pogrebă means "a basement", and -ea is a specific ending in Romanian; the addition of which means that Pogrebea signifies "the basement".

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Romanian) Official results of 2004 Moldovan census

[edit] See also

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Cities and communes of
Dubăsari district, Moldova
District seat: Cocieri, Moldova
Communes

Cocieri | Corjova | Coşniţa | Doroţcaia | Holercani | Marcăuţi | Molovata | Molovata Nouă | Oxentea | Pârâta | Ustia
Image:Map of Moldova highlighting Dubăsari district.png
Villages
of sub-city or
sub-commune level

Vasilievca | Mahala | Pohrebea | Roghi
Transnistrian conflict

Conflict • Geography of the conflict • Politics

Localities in the war zone, later called security zone:
Moldovan control Transnistrian control
Northern security zone Cocieri1 • Vasilievca1 • Corjova1 • Mahala1 • Molovata Nouă1 •

Coşniţa1 • Pohrebea1 • Pârâta1 • Doroţcaia1

 Dubăsari5 • Roghi1
Southern security zone Varniţa2 • Copanca3 Bendery4 • Proteagailovca4 • Gâsca3 •

Chiţcani3 • Mereneşti3 • Zahorna3 • Cremenciug3

Notes: 1 belongs to Dubăsari district; 2 belongs to Anenii Noi district; 3 belongs to Căuşeni district;
4 also known as Bender or Tighina; belongs to Municipality of Bender; 5 belongs to Territorial unit Transnistria

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