Slobozia, Moldova
Slobozia
Слободзея | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Slobozia Location of Slobozia in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′31″N 29°42′28″E / 46.72528°N 29.70778°E | |
| Country (de jure) | Moldova |
| Country (de facto) | Transnistria[a] |
| District of Transnistria | Slobozia District |
| Government | |
| • Head of the State Administration of Slobodzeya | Vasily Tishchenko |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 14,137[1] |
| Website | slobodzeya |
Slobozia (Romanian pronunciation: [sloboˈzi.a]), also known as Slobodzeya (Russian: Слободзея; Ukrainian: Слободзея), is a city in the Republic of Moldova under the de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria. It is the seat of the Slobozia District of Transnistria.
Slobozia is located in the southern part of Transnistria, south of Tiraspol. It had a population of 18,748 at the census in 1989, and 16,062 at the census in 2004. The population of the city is mostly made up of ethnic Moldovans (46%) and Russians (41%), while Ukrainians are an important minority (11%).[2]
The name of the city comes from the Romanian "slobozie", meaning "a tax-free colony (village)".[3]
Climate
Slobozia has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb bordering on Dfa).
| Climate data for Slobozia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
10.2 (50.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35 (1.4) |
35 (1.4) |
29 (1.1) |
34 (1.3) |
46 (1.8) |
65 (2.6) |
63 (2.5) |
41 (1.6) |
42 (1.7) |
26 (1.0) |
37 (1.5) |
38 (1.5) |
491 (19.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
Born in Slobozia
- Petru Bogatu (born 1951 in Slobozia) is a Moldovan journalist and author
- Vasily Tishchenko, incumbent Mayor
- Vladimir Țurcan (born 1954 in Slobozia) is a Moldovan politician and member of the Parliament of Moldova since 2009.
- Veaceslav Jiglițchi (born 1970), Moldovan sculptor
- Andrei Grecul (1919–1983), Soviet Moldovan statesman, politician, and professor
- Vitali Neagu (born 1976), Moldovan separatist politician from Transnistria
- Iosif Maslennikov (born 1978), Ukrainian Orthodox bishop
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "Расчетная численность населения г. Слободзея и Слободзейского района по населенным пунктам на 01.10.2023 — Официальный сайт государственной администрации Слободзейского района и г. Слободзея". slobodzeya.gospmr.org. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
- ^ Ethnic composition of Transnistria 2004
- ^ "Dexonline".
- ^ "Climate: Слободзея". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
External links
- Official website
- (in Polish) Słobodzieja (Slobozia) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1889)