The Rîbnița District (; ; ) is an administrative district of

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('' de facto'') in Moldova (''

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''). Its seat is the city of

Rîbnița Rîbnița ( or , , ) or Rybnitsa (; ) is a town in the breakaway state, breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, 2004 census, it has a population of 53,648. Rîbnița is situated in the northern half ...

, sometimes spelt as "Râbnița". It is located at . The district contains this city and 22 other communes (with a total of 47 localities, including small villages and hamlets): Rîbnița is located along the river

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, in the northern half of Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the population of the district is 82,699 people, including 24,729 (29.90%)

Moldovans Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (, , ), are an ethnic group native to Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, also referred to locally as Moldovan language, Moldovan. Moldovans form significant communities in Romania, It ...

, 37,554 (45.41%)

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

, 14,237 (17.22%)

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

, 149 (0.18%) Gagauzians, 309 (0.37%)

Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

, 51 (0.06%) Roma, 177 (0.64%)

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, 528 (0.64%)

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, 412 (0.50%)

Belarusians Belarusians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. They natively speak Belarusian language, Belarusian, an East Slavic language. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide. Nearly 7.99&n ...

, 150 (0.18%)

Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...

, 81 (0.10%)

Armenians Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...

, and 4,322 (5.23%) others and non-declared.

List of heads of the state administration of the Rîbnița District and the town of Rîbnița

* Tamara Kharitonovna Kilivnik (3 February 2012 – August 2012) * Tatiana Mikhailovna Turanskaya (30 August 2012 – 10 July 2013) * Alla Fedorovna Demyanova (18 September 2013Президент ПМР назначил главой государственной администрации города Рыбница и Рыбницкого района Аллу Демьянову
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References

External links

State Administration of Rîbnița District and Rîbnița City

Official site of People's Deputies of Rîbnița
Districts of Transnistria {{Transnistria-geo-stub