Drochia district (), also known as Drokievsky district, is a district in the north of Moldova. Its administrative center is the city of
Drochia
Drochia () is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iaşi. The average elevat ...
. As of 2011, its population was 90,100.
History
The oldest historical attestations about the settlements in the district from the period 1443 to 1470 when the mentioned villages Cotova, Hasnasenii Mari, Mindic. In the next century of growth followed both economic,
cultural
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Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
inhabitants
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Soroca
Soroca (russian: link=no, Сороки, Soroki, uk, Сороки, Soroky, pl, Soroki, yi, סאָראָקע ''Soroke'') is a city and municipality in Moldova, situated on the Dniester River about north of Chișinău. It is the administrative ...
district,
south
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
Singerei District and Riscani District in the southwest. In the northern district they learn remains of Plateau Moldova, while most of the district is located in Balti Steppe. The relief is poorly fractured, weak
erogenous
An erogenous zone (from Greek , ''érōs'' "love"; and English ''-genous'' "producing", from Greek , ''-genḗs'' "born") is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity, the stimulation of which may generate a sexual response, s ...
processes. Chernozems occupy about 80% of the district.
Climate
District climate is temperate, with shades continental. Average annual temperature is c. 9–10.5, average temperature in July is 21 C, while in January −5 C. Annual precipitation varies from 600 to 650 mm years reaching rainy, while 300–350 mm in
dry
Dry or dryness most often refers to:
* Lack of rainfall, which may refer to
** Arid regions
** Drought
* Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages
* Dry humor, deadpan
* Dryness (medica ...
Fauna is characterized by the presence of such mammals such as
fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
,
ferret
The ferret (''Mustela furo'') is a small, Domestication, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat (''Mustela putorius''), evidenced by their Hybrid (biol ...
rabbit
Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...
muskrat
The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...
and
otter
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes wea ...
. For birds, there are:
stork
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons an ...
swan
Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...
. In the past the Balti
steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the temperate grasslands, ...
was populated by bustards. Now they have disappeared or are in a tiny number. The emblem of Drochia District is a bustard, from which comes the name of the district.
Flora
Forests occupy 8.1% of the district's area and are characterized by: hornbeam, oak,
beech
Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engle ...
chestnut
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.
The unrelat ...
,
ash
Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...
fescue
''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every ...
wormwood
Wormwood may refer to:
Biology
* Several plants of the genus ''Artemisia'':
** ''Artemisia abrotanum'', southern wormwood
** '' Artemisia absinthium'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood
** ''Artemisia annua'', sweet wormwood o ...
,
burdock
''Arctium'' is a genus of biennial plants commonly known as burdock, family Asteraceae. Native to Europe and Asia, several species have been widely introduced worldwide. Burdock's clinging properties, in addition to providing an excellent mecha ...
,
knotweed Knotweed is a common name for plants in several genera in the family Polygonaceae. Knotweed may refer to:
* ''Fallopia''
* ''Persicaria''
* ''Polygonum''
* ''Reynoutria japonica
''Reynoutria japonica'', synonyms ''Fallopia japonica'' and ''Poly ...
and others.
Rivers
Drochia district is located in the
Raut river Raut may refer to:
Places
*, a mountain in the Italian Alps
*Raut, old name of Ronchi Valsugana, a town in Italy
*Răut, river in Moldova
Social groups
* Raut (caste)
* Raute people, of Nepal
* A Rawat title used by the Rajdhoves caste in Nepal ...
basin (the largest tributary of the
Nistru River
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
), which has a length of 286 km, crossing tributaries of the district are along Raut,
Cubolta
Cubolta is a commune in Sîngerei District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Cubolta and Mărășești.lakes in the district have
artificial
Artificiality (the state of being artificial or manmade) is the state of being the product of intentional human manufacture, rather than occurring naturally through processes not involving or requiring human activity.
Connotations
Artificiality ...
origin.
Administrative subdivisions
There are a total of 40 localities: 1 city, and 27 communes (containing further 12 villages within):
Cities
Communes
Demographics
1 January 2012 the district population was 89,500 of which 22.8% urban and 77.2% rural population.
* Births (2010): 904 (10.0 per 1000)
* Deaths (2010): 1311 (14.5 per 1000)
*Growth Rate (2010): -407 (−4.5 per 1000)
Ethnic groups
''Footnote'': * There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.
Religion
*
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
– 98.2%
**
Orthodox Christian
Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion.
Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churche ...
Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...
Evangelicals
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...
– 0.2%
*Other – 1.4%
*No Religion – 0.4%
Economy
As of 2009, 13,767 businesses were registered in the district. 11,168 these were private farms, 1,585 individual businesses, 492 limited liability companies, 28 joint stock companies, 13 state-owned enterprises, 257 "public ventures", and 224 other types.
Education
At of 2009, there were 41 kindergartens in the district, with 3,827
kids
Kid, Kids, KIDS, and K.I.D.S. may refer to:
Common meanings
* Colloquial term for a child or other young person
** Also for a parent's offspring regardless of age
* Engage in joking
* Young goats
* The goat meat of young goats
* Kidskin, lea ...
secondary schools
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
(grades 1–11), 15
gymnasiums
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boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
for
students
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In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementary ...
North Red
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Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
electoral region (the region where
PCRM
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a non-profit research and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., which promotes a plant-based diet, preventive medicine, and alternatives to animal research, and encourages ...
obtained favorable results over 50% of votes), district in 2001–2009 was mainly
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
district. But after the 2010 elections the communists lose to the AEI.
During the last three elections AEI had an increase of 68.0%
Elections
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,
, align=left, Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
, align="right", 18,003
, align="right", 44.57
, align="right", −5.12
, -
,
, align=left, Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova
, align="right", 11,400
, align="right", 28.22
, align="right", +12.0
, -
,
, align=left, Democratic Party of Moldova
, align="right", 5,583
, align="right", 13,82
, align="right", -2.46
, -
,
, align=left, Liberal Party
, align="right", 1,700
, align="right", 4.21
, align="right", −4.36
, -
,
, align=left,
Party Alliance Our Moldova
The Our Moldova Alliance ( ro, Partidul Alianță Moldova Noastră, en, Party Alliance Our Moldova, AMN) was a social-liberal political party in Moldova led by Serafim Urechean, former mayor of Chișinău. It merged into the Liberal Democratic P ...
Humanist Party of Moldova
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
The meaning of the term "humanis ...
There are 33 public libraries and 5 museums in Drochia district. There are also 115 art groups.
Personalities
*
Ion Buga
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Ion Buga (born 16 February 1935) is a Moldovan politician and history professor.
Biography
He served as member of the Parliament of Moldova in 1990s and president of the party New Historical Option (then called Romanian National Pa ...
– Politician, member of the Moldovan Parliament 1990–1994, former president of the party
New Historical Option
New Historical Option ( ro, Noua Opțiune Istorică, NOI), formerly known as the Romanian National Party ( ro, Partidul Național Român, PNR), is a political party in Moldova.
History
New Historical Option, then known as the Romanian Natio ...
*
Ion Costaș
Ion Costaș (born 22 February 1944) is a Moldovan military officer and a former minister of interior (1990–1992) and Defence (1992).
He is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
Biography
Ion Costaş was born in 1944 in the ...
Nicolae Filip
Nicolae Filip (3 March 1926 – 15 May 2009) was a Moldovan physicist born in the village of Sofia, Bălți County to a family of farmers. He contributed significantly to the study of "The spread of ultrashort radio waves" and was elected as ...
wave propagation
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With respect to the direction of the oscillation relative to ...
Nicolae Testemițanu
Nicolae Testemițanu (1 August 1927 – 20 September 1986) was a Moldovan and Soviet surgeon, hygienist, and politician.
Political career
He served as minister of health of Moldavian SSR between 1963 and 1968, after which he was demoted for ...
surgeon
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,
hygienist
Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ...