Camenca

For other uses, see Camenca (disambiguation).
Camenca

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Coordinates: 48°01′N 28°43′E / 48.017°N 28.717°E / 48.017; 28.717
Country  Transnistria (de facto)
 Moldova (de jure)
Autonomous Region Camenca District
Population (2014)
  Total 8 871
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
Climate Dfb

Camenca (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkameŋka], Cyrillic spelling Каменка, Russian: Каменка, Kamenka, Ukrainian: Кам'янка, Kamianka, Polish: Kamionka) is a town in Transnistria, Moldova. It is composed of the town itself, and the village of Solnecinoe. Camenca is the seat of Camenca District.

Historical affiliations

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1609-1672
Ottoman Empire 1672-1699
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1699-1793
 Russian Empire 1793-1917
Russia Russian Republic 1917
Soviet Russia 1917-1918
Soviet Ukraine 1920-1922
 Soviet Union 1922-1991
 Moldova/ Transnistria 1991-present

The town is located at 48°1′N 28°43′E / 48.017°N 28.717°E / 48.017; 28.717, on the Dniester, in the north of Transnistria. In 1989 it had a population of 13,689. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the town itself has 10,323 inhabitants, including 5,296 Moldovans, 3,476 Ukrainians, 1,305 Russians, 61 Belarusians, 42 Poles, 35 Bulgarians, 32 Gagauzes, 23 Germans, 10 Armenians, 8 Jews, 3 Gypsies, and 32 others.

The mayor is Pyotr Mustya.[1]

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