Dnestrovsc

Dnestrovsc ( or , ; ; ) is a town in southern Moldova, near the border with Ukraine. It is at the shores of the Cuciurgan Reservoir and is home to the Cuciurgan power station, also known as Moldavskaya GRES. It has since 1990 been administered by the breakaway Transnistrian Moldovan Republic as a part of its Slobozia District.

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Place details

Locality: Советул орэшенеск Тираспол / Тираспольский городской совет / Тираспольська міська рада
Region: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика
Country: Moldova
Population: 10,426
Timezone: Europe/Chisinau

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Dnestrovsc
Settlement.official_name: Днестро́вск
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Dnestrovsc, Moldova - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Dnestrovsc.png
Settlement.image_shield: Dnestrovsk gerb.gif
Settlement.pushpin_map: Moldova
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Dnestrovsc in Moldova
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country (de jure)
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Country (de facto)
Settlement.population_total: 10,436
Settlement.elevation_m: 19
Settlement.population_as_of: 2014
Settlement.blank_name: Climate
Settlement.blank_info: Cfb
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 11
Settlement.mapframe wikidata: yes

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It is a company town which was founded in early Soviet times by the establishment of a large power plant, Moldavskaya GRES, today owned by Inter RAO UES.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dnestrovsc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.