Dubăsari
Sign in to saveDubăsari (; ) or Dubossary (; ; ) is a city in Transnistria, with a population of 23,650. Claimed by both the Republic of Moldova and the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, the city is under the latter's administration, and functions as the seat of the Dubăsari District.
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Place details
- Locality
- Дубоссарский городской совет
- Region
- Нистрения / Приднестровье / Придністров'я
- Country
- Moldova
- Population
- 23,254
- Timezone
- Europe/Chisinau
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dubăsari
- Settlement.other_name
- DubossaryДубоссары
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Liberal Arts College Dubăsari, Transnistria (14804623417).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Liberal Arts College
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Dubossary.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Dubossary.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Moldova Transnistria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Transnistria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country (de jure)
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country (de facto)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
- Settlement.population_total
- 28500
Key dates
- Inception
- 1523
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Official name
- Дубэсарь
- Country
- Transnistria
- Population
- +28500
- Area
- +15.52
- Elevation
- +38
- Official website
- dubasari.md
- Image
- Дубоссары ГЭС.jpg
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Dubăsari (; ) or Dubossary (; ; ) is a city in Transnistria, with a population of 23,650. Claimed by both the Republic of Moldova and the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, the city is under the latter's administration, and functions as the seat of the Dubăsari District.
==Name== The origin of the town name is the plural form of the Romanian archaic word dubăsar ("boatman"), a derivative of dubă ("a small wooden boat"), so "Dubăsari" means "boatmen".