Camenca

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.

For other uses, see Camenca (disambiguation).
Camenca
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°01′N 28°43′E
CountryMoldova
self-proclaimed stateTransnistria[1]
Population
 (2014)
 • Total8 871
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
ClimateDfb

The town is located at 48°1′N 28°43′E 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.[2]

Historical affiliations

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1609-1672
Ottoman Empire 1672-1699
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1699-1793
 Russian Empire 1793-1917
Russian Republic 1917
Soviet Russia 1917-1918
Soviet Ukraine 1920-1924
Moldavian ASSR 1924-1940
Moldavian SSR 1940-1941
Romanian Transnistria Governorate 1941-1944
Moldavian SSR 1944-1991
 Moldova/ Transnistria 1991-present

Notable people
  • Nicolae Coval (1904 in Camenca – 1970 in Chişinău) was a Moldavian SSR politician, prime minister of Moldavian SSR 1945 – 1946
  • Pyotr Vershigora (1905 in Severinovca - 1963) was a Soviet writer and one of the leaders of the Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.
  • St Mary Church Camenca
  • Church
  • Administrative building
  • Police station
  • Bus station
  • Central market
  • Camenca surroundings


References
  1. Transnistria's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any country. The Moldovan government and all the world's other states consider Transnistria de jure a part of Moldova territory.
  2. (in English) State Administrations of Cities and Regions of the PMR
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