Bender
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Bender is a city located in Transnistria, a region on the eastern bank of the Dniester River that declared independence from Moldova but is not widely recognized as a sovereign state. The city is historically and strategically significant due to its location and has been a point of political and territorial dispute in the region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Бендеры
- Region
- Нистрения / Приднестровье / Придністров'я
- Country
- Moldova
- Population
- 110,175
- Timezone
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Bender ([benˈder], Moldovan Cyrillic: Бендер) or Bendery (Russian: Бендеры, [bʲɪnˈdɛrɨ]; Ukrainian: Бендери), also known as Tighina, is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) (PMR) since 1992. It is located on the western bank of the river Dniester in the historical region of Bessarabia.
Together with its suburb Proteagailovca, the city forms a municipality, which is separate from Transnistria (as an administrative unit of Moldova) according to Moldovan law. Bender is located in the buffer zone established at the end of the 1992 War of Transnistria. While the Joint Control Commission has overriding powers in the city, Transnistria has de facto administrative control.