EdineÈ› District

The Raion is a raion in Moldova Edineţ. The Rajonshauptstadt is Edineţ.

Geography

The Rajon is in the northwest of the country on the border with Romania along the river Prut. The neighboring districts are Briceni, Donduşeni Ocniţa and Rîşcani.

Besides the capital city Cupcini has the right to the remaining area of the Rajons is distributed to rural communities. In Rajon Edineţ located with the Emil Racoviţă Cave one of the largest caves in the world. Named after the Romanian cavers Emil Racoviţă cave was discovered in an explosion in a gypsum quarry near the village Criva 1959. It has an extensive system of underground tunnels and has several underground lakes.

History

The Rajon Edineţ has existed since 2003. Until February 2003, the area belonged to the larger and now defunct county Edineţ ( Judeţul Edineţ ).

Population

Demographics

1959 78 042 inhabitants lived in what is now Rajons. Up to 94 001 of 85 542 in 1970, about 91 713 in 1979 in 1989 until 2004, as in all of Moldova decreased the population of the Rajons that was in that year 81 390: In the following decades, the population steadily increased. .

Ethnic groups

According to the 2004 census put the Moldovans at 72.2 % the proportionally largest ethnic group in Rajon Edineţ, followed by Ukrainians 19.8 %, which is well above the national share of 8.4 %. Smaller minorities form the Russians 6.2%, the Romanians with 0.5%, the Gagauz 0.2 %, and the Bulgarians with 0.1 %.