Căușeni District

The Rajon Căuşeni is a Raion in Moldova. The Rajonshauptstadt is Căuşeni.

Geography

The Rajon located in the southeast of the country on the border with Ukraine. Căuşeni adjacent to the Municipality Tighina and to the location beyond the Dniester River breakaway Transnistria and to the Rajons Anenii Noi, Cimişlia, Ialoveni and Ştefan Voda.

Besides the capital Cainari owns the municipal law, the remaining area of the Rajons is distributed to rural communities ( communes): Baccealia, Baimaclia, Chircăieşti, Chircăieştii Noi, Chitcani, Ciufleşti, Cârnăţeni, Cârnăţenii Noi, Cârateni Thu, Copanca, Coscalia, Cremenciug, Fârlădeni Gasca, Gradinita, Grigorievca, Hagimus, OPACI, Pervomaisc, Plop Stiubei, Saiti, Sălcuţa, Taraclia, Tănătari, Tănătarii Noi, Tocuz, Ucrainca, Ursoaia and Zaim.

The village Chitcani heard while officially for Rajon Căuşeni, but is under the control of Transnistria.

History

The Rajon Căuşeni exists since 2003. Until February 2003, the area belonged together with the City Tighina and today's Rajon Ştefan Voda to the now defunct county Tighina ( Judeţul Tighina ).

Population

Demographics

1959 73 696 inhabitants lived in what is now Rajons. Up to 96 467 of 89 073 in 1970, about 93 656 in 1979 in 1989 until 2004, as in all of Moldova decreased the population of the Rajons that was in that year 90 612: In the following decades, the population steadily increased. .

Ethnic groups

According to the 2004 census put the Moldovans at 87.7 % the proportionally largest ethnic group in Rajon Căuşeni, followed by the Russians with 4.2%, 3.1% Romanians, Ukrainians at 2.7%, the Bulgarians with 1, 2% and the Gagauz 0.7 %.