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[0]Name, long form: Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica [0]
Name, short form: Pridnestrovie
Also known as: Transnistria (incorrect) [0]
Type: Republic [0]
Total area: 4,163 km² [1]
Area-comparative: Slightly smaller than Delaware. Almost twice the size of Luxembourg [1]
Official languages: Russian, Moldavian, Ukrainian [1]
Currency: 1 Pridnestrovian Ruble = 100 kopeks [1]
Capital: Tiraspol [1] (population 159,163)
Other major towns and cities: Bender, Rybnitsa, Dubossary, Grigoriopol, Kamenka, Slobozya [1]
Time zone: Eastern European Time (EEST) with daylight savings time, GMT +2:00
Location: Eastern Europe, between Moldova and Ukraine [2]
Border countries: Moldova 411 km, [3] Ukraine 405 km
Land boundaries: 816 km [4]
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
The colors of the flag are red, green and red [4]
National coat of arms: Modified MSSR [4]
National anthem: "We Glorify You, Pridnestrovie" [5]
Independence: 2 September 1990 [5]
National holiday: 2 September (Independence Day) [5]
Motto: "For the right to live on this land"
555,347 people [5]
Population-comparative: Approximately twice of Iceland or Belize. Slightly less than Guyana [5]
Slavs: 59.2% (Russians 30.4%, Ukrainians 28.8%)
Moldavians: 31.9%
Others: 8.9%
Note: 35 nationalities live in Pridnestrovie (incl Poles, Bulgarians, Jews, Gagausians, Germans, others)
Population density: 134 inhabitants per km²
Population distribution: 68% urban, 32% rural
Religions: Christian (Orthodox 91%, Catholic 4%, Baptist 1%, other 2%), Jewish 2% [6]
Democratic, - Constitutional independent state [6]
Head of state: President (Igor Smirnov, current term 2006-2011) [6]
Legislative branch: One-chamber Parliament [6], 43 members, democratically elected
Members of Parliament are elected for five-year terms on the basis of universal direct and equal suffrage by secret ballot
Executive branch: President, Vice president and the Cabinet of Ministers.
The cabinet includes thirteen ministries. [7]
President is elected for a five-year term on the basis of universal direct and equal suffrage by secret ballot
Judicial branch: Supreme Court [8] and lower courts
209.6% [9]
Per capita GDP growth: 223.0% [10]
Economic activity: Industrial/Agroindustrial state. The leading branches of economy are engineering, metalworking, food-processing and light industries, production of building materials and highly intensive agriculture
Energy: Gas, [11] hydroelectric
Exports: More than 90% of industrial and agricultural production is exported
Main export categories: Steel, machinery, light industry, food industry, electric power, textiles, cotton fibre, chemicals.
Pridnestrovie does not [12] export weapons
Foreign trade partners: Worldwide, 99 countries trade with Pridnestrovie [13]
Foreign trade turnover: $1,310,795,000 USD (2005)
National government budget: $250,000,000 USD (2007, excl. local budgets)
Previous year: $146,000,000 USD (2006, excl. local budgets)
Registered private companies: 3,000+ [14]
Individual private sector entrepreneurs: approx 9,000
GDP per capita: USD $990 (01/2006 - 09/2006)
Historic (2000) labor productivity, per capita: USD $970
Actual (2005) labor productivity, per capita: USD $2,655 [15]
Privatizations, 2006: 130 companies [16]
99.6% [17]
Basic education:
183 state run primary and secondary schools, 15 private schools [18]
Higher education:
1 university [18];
1 university-level music conservatory;
5 branches of Russian college;
1 branch of Ukrainian college;
16 technical education institutions (7 tecnical schools, 2 agricultural schools, 5 colleges, 2 higher training schools),
9 vocational education institutions
Olvia Press, RIA Dnestr, New Region Press [18]
TV stations: TV-PRM, TVS [18]
Newspapers: "Tiraspol Times", [19] "Pridnestrovie", "Gomin", "Adevarul Nistrean", others [20]
Magazines: "Ekonomika Pridnestrovya", "Bulleten' Ekonomicheskoy i Pravovoy Informatsyi", others [21]
Dniester River, 398 km (navigable to the Black Sea) [22]
Infrastructure: Three international trunk gas lines, two main highways of international significance, two international railroads, [23] paved road system, airport
Public transportation: Bus system, train system, trolley bus network
Distances, other European countries:
Poland: 400 km (250 miles)
Slovakia: 400 km (250 miles)
Hungary: 400 km (250 miles)
Romania: 200 km (125 miles)
-3.9°C [24]
Average temperature, summer: +21.0°C [25]
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| January 1 and 2 | New Year |
| January 7 | Orthodox Christmas |
| February 23 | Day of the Defenders of the Motherland |
| March 8 | Women's Day |
| May 1 and 2 | International Labor Day(s) |
| May 9 | Victory Day |
| September 2 | Independence Day |
| November 7 | October Revolution Day |
| December 24 | Constitution Day |
| December 25 | Catholic Christmas |
| Movable | Easter |
| 9 days after Orthodox Easter | Commemoration Day |
- Republic (Respublica)
- Renewal (Obnovleniye)
- Patriotic Party of Pridnestrovie (PPP)
- Liberal Democratic Party of Pridnestrovie (LDP-P)
- People's Will of Pridnestrovie (Narodnaya Volya)
- Breakthrough (Proriv)
- Pridnestrovie Communist Party (PKP)
- Communist Party of Pridnestrovie (KPP-CPSU)
- Social Democratic Party (SDPP)