Cioburciu, Transnistria

Cioburciu
Чобручи (Ukrainian)
Village
Cioburciu is located in Moldova
Cioburciu
Cioburciu
Coordinates: 46°41′6″N 29°44′51″E / 46.68500°N 29.74750°E / 46.68500; 29.74750
Country (de jure) Moldova
Country (de facto) Transnistria[a]
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Cioburciu (Moldovan Cyrillic: Чобурчию, Russian: Чобручи, romanizedChoburchi, Ukrainian: Чобручі, romanizedChoburchi, Hungarian: Csöbörcsök) is a village in the Slobozia District of Transnistria, Moldova.[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the breakaway Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR).

According to the unofficial census of 2004, the population of the village was 7,176 inhabitants, of which 6,214 (86.59%) Moldovans (Romanians), 457 (6.36%) Ukrainians and 436 (6.07%) Russians.[2]

Climate

Cioburciu has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb)

Climate data for Cioburciu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4)
−1.0
(30.2)
3.0
(37.4)
10.1
(50.2)
16.0
(60.8)
19.9
(67.8)
21.8
(71.2)
21.4
(70.5)
16.9
(62.4)
11.0
(51.8)
5.3
(41.5)
1.0
(33.8)
10.3
(50.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 35
(1.4)
35
(1.4)
28
(1.1)
34
(1.3)
45
(1.8)
64
(2.5)
62
(2.4)
40
(1.6)
41
(1.6)
25
(1.0)
37
(1.5)
38
(1.5)
484
(19.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

Notable people

  • Larisa Șavga (born 1962), Moldovan economist, former Minister of Education and Youth

Notes

  1. ^ Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

  1. ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
  2. ^ The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm
  3. ^ "Climate: Чобручи". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

46°41′00″N 29°44′20″E / 46.68333°N 29.73889°E / 46.68333; 29.73889