| Dubăsari | |
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| — District (Raion) — | |
| Map of Dubăsari sub-district (purple). These areas are controlled by Transnistria. Green areas are Dubăsari district, controlled by Chişinău. | |
| Country | Transnistria |
| Administrative center | Dubăsari |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Dubăsari sub-district, is an administrative sub-region of Transnistria, Moldova. It is located along the river Dniester, in the center of Transnsitria. Its seat is the city of Dubăsari. The sub-district contains this city and 9 communes (a total of 21 localities, including small villages/hamlets):
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In addition, the breakaway authorities control the village of Roghi of the Chişinău-controlled Molovata Nouă commune of Dubăsari district. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the sub-district is 36,734, and that of the village Roghi is 715. The exact ethnic composition is available only for the sum: 18,780 (50.15%) Moldovans (Romanians), 10,594 (28.29%) Ukrainians, 7,125 (19.03%) Russians, 92 (0.25%) Gagauzians, 134 (0.36%) Bulgarians, 46 (0.12%) Roma, 46 (0.12%) Jews, 53 (0.14%) Poles, 185 (0.50%) Belarussians, 63 (0.17%) Germans, 126 (0.34%) Armenians, and 205 (0.56%) others and non-declared. The population of the village of Roghi is almost entirely Moldovan (Romanian).
In 1990-1991, the city of Dubăsari and the surrounding area were occasionally the scene of incidents, which aimed to establish in Transnistria a government that would break away from Moldova. In the 1992 War of Transnistria the city and the surrounding area were a major scene of the fighting in the War of Transnistria.