Otaci

Otaci
Атаки
Town

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Otaci
Coordinates: 48°25′48″N 27°47′38″E / 48.43000°N 27.79389°E / 48.43000; 27.79389
Country  Moldova
District Ocnița District
Government
 • Mayor Vasili Traghira (2015; PDM)[1]
Area
 • Total 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Elevation 120 m (390 ft)
Population (2014)[2] Decrease 8,400
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Otaci (formerly Ataki, Russian Атаки) is a town (population 8,400) on the southwestern bank of the Dniester River, which at that point forms the northeastern border of Moldova. On the opposite side of the Dniester lies the Ukrainian city of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, and the two municipalities are connected by a bridge over the river. Otaci is located in Ocniţa District.

It is first attested in the 15th century; as part of Bessarabia, it was given by the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812, although the region belonged to Moldavia (a vassal state of the Ottomans), and by the 1890s it had become a poor, heavily Jewish village. In April 1918, during the last stages of World War I, it became part of Romania. In 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Red Army entered Bessarabia and incorporated it into the USSR. In 1991 Moldova became independent, and in 1994 Otaci achieved the status of oraş (city).

References

  1. ↑ "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  2. ↑ Numărul populației stabile al Republicii Moldova la 1 ianuarie 2014, în profil teritorial statistica.md. Accesat la 17 martie 2014

Coordinates: 48°26′N 27°48′E / 48.433°N 27.800°E / 48.433; 27.800

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