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Zaim
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| Country | Moldova |
| District | Căuşeni District |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Zaim is commune in a Căuşeni district, Moldava, located 7 km from the district seat Căuşeni. It is composed of three villages: Zaim, Marianca de Sus, and Zaim, loc. st. c. f.
As of the 2004 Moldovan Census, it had a population of 4,657, of whom 4,569 are Moldovans (Romanians), 48 Russians, 24 Ukrainians, 4 Gagauzians, 1 Pole, and 11 other/undeclared. The dominant language is Romanian.
Zaim is well known in Moldova as the home village of Alexei Mateevici, a famous Bessarabian poet and national activist. Mateevici's house is currently a museum. In Zaim there is also a Museum of the Spirit of Southern Moldova, that includes exhibits of a number of artists and writers with origins in southern Bessarabia.
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